National Prayer Breakfast
Trump vows to let churches engage in politics
By Jerome Socolovsky — February 2, 2017
WASHINGTON (RNS) The promise, a mainstay of his campaign, was made in remarks upholding religious liberty as an American value.
Christian leaders to Trump: We’re praying for you, but . . .
By Kimberly Winston — February 1, 2017
(RNS) On the eve of what will be Donald Trump's first National Prayer Breakfast as president, 800 Christian leaders petitioned the president to "remember refugees and immigrants have sacred worth in God's eyes."
In his own words: President Obama on faith
By Adelle M. Banks — January 9, 2017
WASHINGTON (RNS) Quotes from the 44th president about faith over his two terms in the White House.
Obama at prayer breakfast: ‘Jesus is a good cure for fear’
By Adelle M. Banks — February 4, 2016
WASHINGTON (RNS) The president’s speech to several thousand mostly evangelical listeners came a day after he spoke at a Baltimore mosque.
Christians thrown overboard by Obama (COMMENTARY)
By Kirsten Powers — April 22, 2015
President Obama just can't seem to find any passion for the mass persecution of Middle Eastern Christians or the eradication of Christianity from its birthplace.
Theological purity tests will ruin presidents and the presidency (ANALYSIS)
By Jacob Lupfer — February 24, 2015
WASHINGTON (RNS) The trouble with making presidents’ religiosity just another weapon in our ongoing ideological war is that we may have ruined religion for presidents themselves.
Onward, Christian Soldiers: The complicated legacy of the Crusades (COMMENTARY)
By A. James Rudin — February 19, 2015
(RNS) The term "Crusades" is not some sort of benign, even quaint, historical reference.
The echoes of Abraham Lincoln in President Obama’s Prayer Breakfast speech (COMMENTARY)
By John Fea — February 11, 2015
MECHANICSBURG, Pa. (RNS) No president has made such an appeal to humility and mystery since Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address.
Obama condemns ‘distorted’ faith at National Prayer Breakfast
By Adelle M. Banks — February 5, 2015
WASHINGTON (RNS) “As people of faith we are summoned to push back against those who try to distort our religion -- any religion -- for their own nihilistic ends,” Obama said.
Obama highlights religious freedom in National Prayer Breakfast speech
By Sarah Pulliam Bailey — February 6, 2014
(RNS) Facing criticism that he does not give religious freedom enough attention, President Obama devoted most of his National Prayer Breakfast address to the issue, naming people imprisoned for their beliefs and calling out specific nations.
DuBois leaving White House faith-based post
By Lauren Markoe — February 7, 2013
(RNS) President Obama opened the National Prayer Breakfast Thursday (Feb. 7) with the news that Joshua DuBois, head of the White House office focused on the intersection of religion and public policy, will step down this week.
READ: Obama’s remarks at the 2013 National Prayer Breakfast
By Daniel Burke — February 7, 2013
(RNS) President Obama addressed the National Prayer Breakfast this morning in Washington.
WATCH: The National Prayer Breakfast
By Daniel Burke — February 7, 2013
President Obama is scheduled to speak between 8:30 and 9 ET at the 2013 National Prayer Breakfast in Washington. JOIN THE LIVE CHAT VISIT WHITEHOUSE.GOV
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