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May 30, 2023
On Tuesday, April 25, Bread for the World and some of our key faith partners hosted a reception to celebrate the bipartisan commitment to the 2023 Farm Bill. The event, “Keeping the Faith: Bipartisan Commitment for a 2023 Farm Bill,” featured Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) and John Boozman (R-AR), the Chairwoman and Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
May 1, 2023
The Senate Chaplain and the House Chaplain together oversee the Capitol Prayer Room, located near the U.S. Capitol Rotunda.
April 9, 2023
Chaplain Barry C. Black opened the legislative session on March 28 with a prayer for lawmakers to “move beyond thoughts and prayers” after the Nashville shooting. Source
April 2, 2023
It may have been all they knew to do or say, but at some point, survivors become numb to those words.
March 29, 2023
We are running out of things to say about the horrific instances of violence besetting U.S. schools. The mass shooting Monday that killed three 9-year-olds — babies — and three
October 7, 2022
The challenge for persons of faith is to find a way to bridge the divide and to recognize that many times, to make a dichotomy between the sacred and the secular is incorrect.
July 20, 2022
A marble statue honoring Mary McLeod Bethune now stands in the U.S. Capitol. Bethune helped lay the foundation of the modern civil rights movement.
May 13, 2022
The looming possibility of a post-Roe America portends a disturbing future for women.
January 6, 2022
WASHINGTON (RNS) — These are some of the prayers said in and around the Capitol that day, collected by Religion News Service from videos, public documents, interviews and news reports.
April 13, 2021
11:50 a.m. â Congressional tribute for Officer Billy Evans draws to a close Near the end of an emotional ceremony for William "Billy" Evans, as "Amazing Grace" rang out through the Capitol rotunda, Evans daughter laid her head in her mothers lap. Her mother, Shannon, stroked her and held back tears. Throughout the hourlong remembrance, speakers choked up and lowered their voices as they spoke about Evans. They remembered his dedication to his work and his family, his "dad jokes," his ki...