Luis Leon

‘So help me God’ isn’t in official presidential oath

By Cathy Lynn Grossman — January 18, 2013
(RNS) When President Obama rests his hand on two historic Bibles to take his second-term oath of office Monday, he'll add a phrase not mentioned in the Constitution: "So help me God." But the Almighty's role on the Capitol steps is a controversial one. By Cathy Lynn Grossman.

You heard it here first: Episcopal priest Luis Leon to deliver inaugural benediction

By Kevin Eckstrom — January 16, 2013
HuffPo and CNN are reporting that the Presidential Inaugural Committee has selected the longtime rector of the "Church of the Presidents" to give the benediction at President Obama's inauguration next week. By Kevin Eckstrom.

Who should step in to pray at Obama’s inauguration?

By Kevin Eckstrom — January 11, 2013
Here's our list of (real and imagined) possibilities. Some are obvious, some less so. For our betting dollars, we're banking on someone in Louie Giglio's profile: unique but not necessarily a household name.
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