Bishop William J. Barber II, the co-chair of the Poor People’s Campaign, warned President Joe Biden and others listening to the Presidential Inaugural Prayer Service Thursday against issuing “simplistic calls for unity." The progressive leader called for repentance of “policy sin.”
Bishop William J. Barber II, the co-chair of the Poor People’s Campaign, preaches a homily as part of the Washington National Cathedral s virtual presidential inaugural prayer service on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021. | Screengrab: Facebook/Greenleaf Christian Church DOC
Bishop William J. Barber II, the co-chair of the Poor People’s Campaign, warned President Joe Biden and others listening to the Presidential Inaugural Prayer Service Thursday against issuing “simplistic calls for unity. The progressive leader called for repentance of “policy sin.”
The day after the inauguration, as with past transitions of power in the United States, the Washington National Cathedral hosted the National Prayer Service, also called the Presidential Inaugural Prayer Service.