Gene Robinson, the first openly gay Episcopal bishop, talks about delivering the invocation at President-elect Barack Obama's kickoff inaugural event at the Lincoln Memorial on Sunday. The invocation ...

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 ...