Washington D.C., May 9, 2005 / 22:00 pm
Organizers recently announced that San Antonio’s Archbishop Jose Gomez and Denver’s Archbishop Charles Chaput will join Catholics from around the country in Washington D.C. for the 2nd annual National Catholic Prayer Breakfast.
The idea for the event was conceived in response to the call of the late Pope John Paul II for a "New Evangelization, new in ardor, methods and expression."
Last year, nearly 1,000 attended the breakfast and keynote address by Cardinal Avery Dulles, who spoke on the “perfect law of liberty.”
Other Catholic and civil leaders also attended, including Senator Rick Santorum who encouraged the faithful not to be afraid to live out their faiths in the public sphere.