White House Archives

After U.S. hits 500,000 COVID deaths, Chicago cardinal calls for prayer, vigilance against virus

Feb 23, 2021

Monday night, Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago encouraged Catholics to “not let one day go by without a prayer of remembrance for the millions across the globe” already lost to the COVID-19 pandemic.

By John Lavenburg

Letters reveal public distaste for booze in JFK White House

Sep 11, 2020

Researchers at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum have found a cache of letters from Americans objecting to JFK’s embrace of cocktails at White House events.

By William J. Kole

Prayer vigil pushes for peaceful solution to Iran crisis

Jan 8, 2020

The gathering outside the White House after dark Jan. 6 to protest U.S. aggression toward Iran was not nearly as big as a parade two days earlier protesting against the warlike moves. It certainly was not as loud.

By Mark Pattison

50 years since White House conference on food, hunger issues remain

Nov 29, 2019

Fifty years ago, the White House sponsored a Dec. 2-4 conference on food, nutrition and health designed to set the groundwork for a national nutrition policy and to advise President Richard Nixon on the best ways to eliminate hunger and malnutrition in the United States.

By Carol Zimmermann

Michigan sisters sing at National Christmas Tree Lighting ceremony

Nov 28, 2018

If you want to hear the voices of the Dominican Sisters of Mary Mother of the Eucharist, the best bet is to listen to them sing at the White House National Christmas Tree Lighting ceremony on the Ellipse outside the White House.

By Mark Pattison

Vatican or White House, slapping down reporters rarely works

Nov 18, 2018

Both in the White House and the Vatican, efforts to slap down reporters perceived as unfriendly mostly end up doing favors to the reporter.

By John L. Allen Jr.

Christian crowd vows to ‘reclaim Jesus’ from polarized U.S.

May 26, 2018

The “Reclaiming Jesus” event in Washington, D.C. gathered Baptist, Catholic, Anglican and other Christian clergy for prayer, song and a quiet vigil outside the White House.

By Rhina Guidos

At pro-life march, Trump vows to defend ‘very first right to human life’

Jan 19, 2018

Tens of thousands of predominantly young people marched in protest of abortion in the nation’s capital where President Trump vowed to protect “the very first right to human life.”

By Christopher White