Oaths are an ancient practice; they were used to assure fealty in the Roman republic. The words to Trump’s recitation on Monday are prescribed in the Constitution. The phrase "So help me God" ...

The day’s pomp and unusual circumstances made for a lot of close-up encounters between political combatants, some awkward, ...

Trump took the oath of office on Monday immediately after Vice President JD Vance was sworn in by Associate Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. As Vance took the oath of office, he placed his right ...

Despite social media attention, the Constitution protects freedom of religion. So putting a hand on a Bible, or even using ...

Images from the inauguration show President Trump did not put his hand on a Bible as he was sworn in by Supreme Court Chief ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump, who overcame impeachments, criminal indictments and a pair of assassination attempts to win ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis said Donald Trump’s plans to impose mass deportations of immigrants would be a “disgrace,” as he ...

The tradition of using a Bible during the swearing-in goes back to the very first inauguration, but not all Presidents have ...

A school pastoral manager in north London plans to appeal an employment tribunal s ruling that supported a Catholic school ...

Titus is the third pastoral epistle in the Biblical canon. It has many similarities to the letters written to Timothy and was ...

Many have called Butler a prophet for her futuristic prediction on L.A. fires in her novel 'Parable of the Sower,' but her ...

Scholars refer to three biblical epistles as “prison epistles” because Saint Paul authored them while imprisoned in Rome.