US Capitol

Backing Catholic action day, bishops call out ‘cruelty’ in policies
- Jul 19, 2019
Though they weren’t present, at least seven U.S. bishops made their views known via statements supporting the July 18 “Catholic Day of Action for Immigrant Children” near the U.S. Capitol.

By Rhina Guidos
Catholics put focus on immigrant children with rally, civil disobedience
- Jul 19, 2019
A few hundred Catholic activists, including dozens of women religious, gathered outside at the foot of the U.S. Capitol July 18 urging politicians to stop its “inhumane treatment” of immigrant children at the border and reminding people of faith to take a stronger stand against current U.S. border policies.

By Carol Zimmermann
Catholics among 59 arrested during ‘pray-in’ at U.S. Capitol
- May 22, 2018
Catholics arrested in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda as part of the six-week Poor People’s Campaign said they willingly gave up their freedom for a few hours to object to widespread racism, voter suppression, anti-immigrant policies and inaction on poverty around the country.

By Dennis Sadowski

Dozens of Catholics arrested as they ask Congress to help ‘Dreamers’
- Feb 28, 2018
Dozens of Catholics, including men and women religious, were arrested near the U.S. Capitol Feb. 27 in the rotunda of a Senate building in Washington as they called on lawmakers to help young undocumented adults brought to the U.S. as minors obtain some sort of permanent legal status.

By Rhina Guidos
Images of faith preserved at Capitol attest to role of religion in U.S.
- Jul 10, 2017
In many of the buildings representing the U.S. government and its founding ideals in Washington, D.C., there are paintings and statues with religious themes enshrining faith in the country’s origins. Most of the imagery is Protestant, but there are also prominent Catholics who are represented showing some of the diversity of religious heritage.

By Josephine von Dohlen