Religious leaders in the DC area walk together for peace

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In Washington, D.C., on Sunday, the Washington National Cathedral played host to an interfaith pilgrimage of Christians, Jews and Muslims who walked with each other from congregation to congregation, calling for the faithful choose “unity over extremism.”

KEVIN ECKSTROM/WASHINGTON NATIONAL CATHEDRALReligious leaders in the Washington, D.C., area joined in the interfaith march on Sunday, including Rabbi M. Bruce Lustig of the Washington Hebrew Congregation (left); Cardinal Wuerl of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington (second from left); and the Rt. Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington (right)

For over 90 minutes, a small yet influential group of religious leaders marched with dozens of community members from the Washington Hebrew Congregation to the cathedral before ending at the Islamic Center of Washington.

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