Updated 5:21 PM ET, Sun January 24, 2021
President Joe Biden leaves Holy Trinity Catholic Church in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, DC, on January 24, 2021. (CNN)President Joe Biden attended Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Washington, DC s Georgetown neighborhood, his first time attending Sunday Mass since taking his oath of office.
Biden is the second Catholic president in US history, and weekly Mass is expected to be a fixed part of his schedule. That s a level of devotion to regular religious services not seen from recent presidents, who were professed Christians but intermittently attended church or worshipped privately while in office.
And while it s unclear whether he will adopt a permanent parish in Washington during his term, Biden s churchgoing will provide a window into how his spiritual side aligns with his politics.
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After attending morning mass at Holy Trinity Catholic Church on Sunday afternoon, President Joe Biden stopped for a bagel.
Well, photos taken by White House press pool members showed a small swarm of black SUVs parked in front of Call Your Mother, a Jewish deli in Georgetown, while Biden and his granddaughters, Finnegan and Maisy, remained in the car. His son, Hunter, and a number of secret service members, waited at the take-out window where they retrieved a bag of sesame bagels and some tubs of cream cheese, according to the deli.
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While some Americans fanned out over the sheer normalcy of the concept of a president who spends his Sunday afternoon grabbing some post-church lunch, others inevitably served up a side of cynicism. About the perceived frivolity of the photos ( Not newsl!!!! one Twitter user wrote); about the fact that Biden opted for a toasted bagel; and about the fact that Jeff Zients, who was recently announced as the coordinator of Biden
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President Biden stops at Call Your Mother after attending mass in Georgetown on Sunday. His Secret Service staff and son Hunter Biden, center, picked up bagels from the restaurant s takeout window.James Culcasi/Call Your Mother.
It was a post-church lunch stop, just one of thousands that take place every Sunday, even during a pandemic. But this one included a parade of black SUVs, an unknown number of Secret Service agents and the president of the United States tucked into the back of one of those well-protected vehicles.