U.S. Capitol

We need those who can speak for humility, for selflessness and for the common good and to find ways to dismantle the barriers so many of us have helped erect.

“We fervently pray for peace and for God’s protection over our country, our lawmakers, and all those in harm’s way this terrible day,” said Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori.

Catholics joined an array of faith communities, human rights groups, clergy, refugees and refugee resettlement agencies gathered outside the U.S. Capitol Oct. 15 protesting deep cuts to the refugee admissions program.

A few hundred Catholic activists, including dozens of women religious, gathered outside at the foot of the U.S. Capitol July 18 urging politicians to stop its “inhumane treatment” of immigrant children at the border and reminding people of faith to take a stronger stand against current U.S. border policies.

Catholics arrested in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda as part of the six-week Poor People’s Campaign said they willingly gave up their freedom for a few hours to object to widespread racism, voter suppression, anti-immigrant policies and inaction on poverty around the country.

After the politicians held their morning service Feb. 28, it took members of the public nearly three hours in the mid-afternoon to see the Rev. Billy Graham lying in honor at the U.S. Capitol.

The elaborate artwork in the monumental buildings in the nation’s capitol illustrates virtue and features several religious figures, highlighting the influence of religion in the history of the United States.