On Presidents Day We Should Remember That Washington and Lincoln Often Called us to Prayer Msgr. Charles Pope ⢠February 18, 2018 ⢠We live in a secular age. Religious utterances by government officials are greeted with surprise or even indignation by some. While the primary role of civil leaders is not a religious one, insisting that never express religious sentiment is a form of extremism rooted in exaggerated conception of the idea of the separation of Church and State.