President in the pews: Where will Biden worship in Washington?
Nation’s second Catholic president will have many options.
(Carolyn Kaster | AP file photo) President-elect Joe Biden leaves after mass at St. Joseph on the Brandywine Catholic Church, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2020, in Wilmington, Del.
By Will Weissert and Elana Schor | The Associated Press
| Jan. 1, 2021, 5:54 a.m.
Wilmington, Del. • His motorcade thunders around Delaware, snarling traffic. Everywhere he goes, a security team envelops him and a pack of journalists trails behind.
Yet President-elect Joe Biden enters his church, St. Joseph on the Brandywine, with startlingly little interruption.
Wearing a dark suit and medical mask, Biden slipped into a polished wooden pew near the back of the sanctuary for a recent Saturday evening Catholic Mass. He was one of about 40 worshippers with attendance limited by the coronavirus pandemic. His row was empty except for a Secret Service agent sitting on the aisle and others
In this Oct. 3, 2020, file photo Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden leaves St. Joseph Catholic Church in Wilmington, Del. A Biden transition team official refused to say which church Biden might attend in the nation s capital or whether he might return to Delaware for services, at least to start. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) His motorcade thunders around Delaware, snarling traffic. Everywhere he goes, a security team envelops him and a pack of journalists trails behind.
Yet President-elect Joe Biden enters his church, St. Joseph on the Brandywine, with startlingly little interruption.
Wearing a dark suit and medical mask, Biden slipped into a polished wooden pew near the back of the sanctuary for a recent Saturday evening Catholic Mass. He was one of only about 40 worshippers with attendance limited by the coronavirus pandemic. His row was empty except for a Secret Service agent sitting on the aisle and others stationed arou
2020/12/19 22:41 FILE - In this Dec. 18, 2020, file photo President-elect Joe Biden and his wife Jill Biden walk from St. Joseph on the Brandywine Roman Catholic Churc. FILE - In this Dec. 18, 2020, file photo President-elect Joe Biden and his wife Jill Biden walk from St. Joseph on the Brandywine Roman Catholic Church in Wilmington, Del. Biden says Americans should be allowed to attend church during the pandemic “safely,” and his transition team has underscored the importance of heeding local restrictions. Still, if he does become a regular Washington churchgoer, Biden will have plenty of choices. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File) FILE - In this Sept. 13, 2020, file photo Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden departs St. Joseph on the Brandywine R.
President in the pews: DC churches offer Biden options
Proximity to power is paramount, even when it comes to places of worship, and a president s public prayers tend to draw outsize attention. Author: Associated Press Updated: 2:39 PM EST December 19, 2020
His motorcade thunders around Delaware, snarling traffic. Everywhere he goes, a security team envelops him and a pack of journalists trails behind.
Yet President-elect Joe Biden enters his church, St. Joseph on the Brandywine, with startlingly little interruption.
Wearing a dark suit and medical mask, Biden slipped into a polished wooden pew near the back of the sanctuary for a recent Saturday evening Catholic Mass. He was one of only about 40 worshippers with attendance limited by the coronavirus pandemic. His row was empty except for a Secret Service agent sitting on the aisle and others stationed around the sanctuary. They had flak jackets under their dress clothes.