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Selfies and a Standing Ovation: Sermon Taking on Trump Draws Supporters to D.C. Cathedral Rev. Jen Butler and Sue Watkins pose for a selfie outside Washington National Cathedral, on Sunday, Jan ...
If a Jesuit cathedral can install a selfie mirror and the Louvre can curate a Beyoncé and Jay-Z tour, the Trump administration can engage globally while putting American interests first.
Church officials dedicated the cathedral on Dec. 22, 1907, in a five-hour ceremony. The building -- designed in Italian Renaissance style -- and furnishings cost more than $500,000.
That is, until Saturday, September 23rd, when the cathedral will unveil a new set of stained glass windows. Titled “Now and Forever,” they will illuminate the “exemplary dignity of the African ...
Joanne Popkin has lived in Washington, D.C., for 25 years and is a neighbor of the Rev. Canon Jan Naylor Cope, provost of the cathedral. After Budde’s sermon, Popkin wrote Cope a note thanking her.