It’s not everyday that you hear the words “Hail Satan” uttered at a local government meeting. An opening invocation given at a Washoe County Commissioners meeting raised some eyebrowns Tuesday when ...

The Chicago City Council, like many other legislative bodies, typically opens meetings with an "invocation"—essentially, a prayer or moment of reflection. Clergy from a wide range of religious ...

The borough Assembly hears public testimony about a proposed change to its invocation policy. (Riley Board/KDLL) Volunteer chaplains will soon deliver invocations before Kenai Peninsula Borough ...

At a recent meeting of the Osceola County, Fla., board of commissioners, many attendees bowed their heads in silence as they listened to an invocation delivered by an atheist. "Habit, I guess," says ...

Leo O'Donovan, S.J., a former professor at Weston Jesuit School of Theology, offered the invocation at the inauguration of President Joe Biden The U.S. Capitol the morning of the inauguration of the ...

LAKE COUNTY, Fla. — A local chapter of an atheist organization is demanding Lake County apologize after chapter leaders said they were discriminated against at a recent commission meeting. On Tuesday, ...

City councilors voted Wednesday to amend the Council Rules and Order of Business to remove the invocation before regular council meetings and replace it with a moment of “silent prayer or personal ...

Atheists, agnostics and others who don't believe in God can be barred from giving invocations at the Pennsylvania statehouse, a federal appeals court ruled Friday. The decision by the 3rd Circuit ...

A federal judge for the first time has backed President Donald Trump’s invocation of the Alien Enemies Act, a war power Trump has used to deport Venezuelans he claims are part of a criminal gang. U.S.

Titans of the Sea attendees rose for the invocation, where Pastor Rob Hess and Rabbi Yonatan Warren prayed before the event. The National Anthem followed the convocation, officially kicking off the ...