President Donald Trump has joined a marathon Bible reading event in Washington, D.C., mere days after his feud with Pope Leo XIV sparked widespread backlash.
Trump is now a reader for the weeklong “America Reads the Bible” event that will see nearly 500 faith leaders, influencers, government officials, and everyday Americans take turns reading scripture, with the goal of completing the King James Bible by next Saturday.
According to the event website, Trump will read 2 Chronicles 7:11-22 from the Oval Office during the 6 p.m. EDT hour on Tuesday. Politico reported that the president’s reading will be prerecorded, while many others will read in-person at the Museum of the Bible.
Part of the Old Testament, Trump’s passage features God calling on believers to “humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal
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