Patrick Conroy
Outgoing House chaplain says the job is to ‘be a counterpoint to the dominant spirit of this place’
By Jack Jenkins — January 15, 2021
(RNS) – The Rev. Patrick J. Conroy likened watching Congress debate in person the first time to 'when my parents were arguing past one another.'
House chaplain wins job back after scalding letter to Ryan
By Yonat Shimron — May 3, 2018
WASHINGTON (AP) — Ryan, a Wisconsin Republican, forced the Rev. Pat Conroy to tender his resignation last month, sparking a firestorm. Ryan has said he was dissatisfied with Conroy's pastoral care to lawmakers.
House chaplain retracts resignation, presses Speaker Ryan to let him remain in post
By Yonat Shimron — May 3, 2018
WASHINGTON (USA Today) — Conroy said he initially felt he had “little choice to resign,” but he has now reconsidered – especially in light of comments Ryan made that he fired the chaplain because his "pastoral services were not being adequately served, or offered."
How the chaplain blew it
By Jeffrey Salkin — April 30, 2018
Reverend Conroy told the truth. Bad career move.
Secularists sue House chaplain on National Day of Prayer
By Kimberly Winston — May 5, 2016
(RNS) The Freedom From Religion Foundation fights denial of a secular invocation before Congress.
Who should step in to pray at Obama’s inauguration?
By Kevin Eckstrom — January 11, 2013
Here's our list of (real and imagined) possibilities. Some are obvious, some less so. For our betting dollars, we're banking on someone in Louie Giglio's profile: unique but not necessarily a household name.
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