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Service: Donald Wuerl and Chieko Noguchi

service: A similar 2013 event for President Barack Obama's second-term Inaugural included about two dozen religious leaders, including three Muslims, along with representatives of Judaism, evangelical Christianity, mainline Protestantism, Orthodox Christianity and Sikhism, according to Metro News. Cardinal Donald Wuerl, the Roman Catholic archbishop of Washington, has been helping plan the Jan. 21 service and will participate, said his spokeswoman, Chieko Noguchi. The service was announced Wednesday by the presidential inaugural committee, which provided no details on the ceremony or participants. She said the organizing is still in its early stages. A cathedral spokesman released a brief statement saying the service is a moment for our next president to pause and contemplate the incredible responsibility he has been entrusted with and to listen as the faith community offers prayers for the office of the president. Washington Episcopal Bishop Mariann Budde, who oversees the cathedral, declined an interview request Wednesday. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.