The Catholic Herald was in full view at the 18th annual National Catholic Prayer Breakfast at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in Washington, DC, on March 13. Mark Randall introduced Archbishop Christopher Pierre, Apostolic Nuncio to the United States, who relayed Pope Francis’s greetings. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) led the crowd in the Pledge of Allegiance.
The Catholic Herald Institute had its own booth at the breakfast with Mark Ackermann and Jamie MacGuire handing out copies by the boxful. Guests at the Institute table included Hudson Institute fellow Nina Shea, Clark Judge of the White House Writers Group, Elizabeth Spalding of the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation, Matthew Spalding of Hillsdale College, Michael La Civita of the Catholic Near East Welfare Association, and Melkite-Rite deacon David Black.
