Preacher Joe Nelms delivered one of the most famous pre-race NASCAR invocations ahead of the Federated Auto Parts 300 at Nashville Superspeedway in July 2011.

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 ...

POST FALLS, Idaho — Council members pumped the brakes Tuesday after Mayor Randy Westlund proposed opening future city meetings with an invocation. “I would like to add a simple non-sectarian ...

Leo O'Donovan, S.J., a former professor at Weston Jesuit School of Theology, offered the invocation at the inauguration of President Joe Biden The U.S. Capitol the morning of the inauguration of the ...

Atheists, agnostics and others who don't believe in God can be barred from giving invocations at the Pennsylvania statehouse, a federal appeals court ruled Friday. Subscribe to read this story ad-free ...

The former NAACP chairwoman and widow of civil-rights icon Medgar Evers delivered the inaugural invocation on Monday, a day after speaking with host Melissa Harris-Perry. Subscribe to read this story ...

All 30 NBA teams have at least one volunteer chaplain who caters to the spiritual needs of the players, and every NBA arena has a designated area where players from both teams can gather before a game ...