Religion Clause

Today is Diwali , or more precisely, the high point of the 5-day Diwali celebration. The holiday is celebrated in various ways by Hindus, Si...

Yesterday, President Biden speaking at Gila Crossing Community School in Laveen Village, Arizona, issued a formal apology on behalf of the U...

The Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur begins at sundown this evening.  Last Wednesday, President Biden spoke for over ten minutes ( full text of ...

On June 26, President Biden announced  his appointment of Dr. Mohamed Elsanousi as a member of the United States Commission on International...

Today is Eid al-Adha.  Yesterday the White House posted a message from President Biden ( full text ) and a separate message from Vice-Presid...

Today is Memorial Day. Last week, President Biden issued his Memorial Day 2024 Proclamation, titled A Proclamation on Prayer for Peace ( fu...

The White House today issued a Statement by President Biden ( full text ) extending warm wishes from him and the First Lady to Buddhists in ...

President Biden yesterday spoke for nearly 15 minutes at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum's Annual Days of Remembrance Ceremony. ( Ful...

Today is Yom HaShoah. The White House has posted a Statement from Vice President Harris on Holocaust Remembrance Day ( full text ).  The Sta...

The White House today issued a Statement from President Biden ( full text ) sending warm wishes from him and the First Lady to those celebra...

Pursuant to 36 USC §119 , President Biden has issued a Proclamation ( full text ) declaring today as this year's National Day of Prayer....

On April 30, President Biden issued a Proclamation ( full text ) declaring May 2024 as Jewish American Heritage Month. The Proclamation read...

Passover begins this evening. Yesterday President Biden issued a Statement on Passover ( full text ) which says in part: Tomorrow night, Jew...

 On April 8, the Vatican's Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith published a Declaration on Human Dignity, “Dignitas Infinita"  (...

The White House today posted a Statement from President Biden ( full text ) sending Easter greetings to the world's Christians.  The Sta...

The confluence this year of the dates for Easter and for the international Transgender Day of Visibility  has resulted in an unusual religio...

 President Biden yesterday issued a Statement on the Occasion of Ramadan ( full text ), saying in part: Tonight—as the new crescent moon mar...

Yesterday, the National Prayer Breakfast, sponsored by the National Prayer Breakfast Foundation, was held in Statuary Hall in the Capitol bu...

Today President Biden issued a Statement ( full text ) calling attention to International Holocaust Remembrance Day which occurs tomorrow (t...

Today is Religious Freedom Day, commemorating Virginia's adoption of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom on January 16, 1786. P...