Politics Jan 21 WATCH: ‘Have mercy’ on LGBTQ+ communities and immigrants, Episcopal bishop asks Trump By Associated Press
Politics Jan 07 Jimmy Carter often flouted ceremony. He will be honored in Washington, where he remained an outsider The ceremonies carry some irony for the one-term president who campaigned as an outsider in 1976 and never mastered the city. By Bill Barrow, Associated Press
Nation Apr 25 WATCH: National Cathedral hosts memorial for World Central Kitchen aid workers killed in Gaza Israeli drone strikes killed the seven during an aid mission in Gaza on April 1. The killings heightened international pressure on the Israeli military to change treatment of aid workers and Palestinian civilians in Gaza during the war with Hamas. By Ellen Knickmeyer, Associated Press
Nation Jul 09 WATCH: Washington National Cathedral hosts prayer service for Ukraine marking 500 days of war Washington National Cathedral is hosting a special ecumenical prayer service on Sunday with Ukrainian ambassador Oksana Markarova and Ukrainian clergy to mark 500 days since the start of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. By News Desk and Associated Press
Nation May 09 WATCH: National Cathedral held COVID bell ceremony for last time as U.S. nears 1 million deaths As the COVID death toll approaches 1 million in the U.S., the cathedral’s staff once again rang its largest bell, the bourdon, once for every 1,000 people who have died from the virus. By Joshua Barajas
Feb 07 National Cathedral’s bell tolls again as COVID deaths hit ‘figure I can’t even comprehend’ By Joshua Barajas The Washington National Cathedral has rung its bell thousands of times in solemn tribute to the lives lost to COVID-19. But even after hitting 200,000 … 300,000 … 500,000 dead, the dean of the cathedral never imagined the toll would… Continue reading
Feb 07 WATCH: National Cathedral bell tolls for 900,000 U.S. COVID-19 deaths By Joshua Barajas Days after the United States reached its latest, grim milestone of 900,000 COVID-19 deaths, driven in part by the omicron variant, the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. rang its bourdon bell in memory of the lives lost. Continue reading