Presidential Message on All Saints’ Day

On All Saints’ Day, I join Christians across our Nation in honoring the men and women through the centuries whose extraordinary lives of faithfulness reveal the great goodness and love to which human beings can aspire. Every generation of Americans has understood the profound power of the example of a heroic and holy life, which is why the names of saints are so interwoven throughout the American landscape. We have San Francisco, California, named for Saint Francis of Assisi; San Antonio, Texas, named for Saint Anthony of Padua; St. Louis, Missouri, named for a saintly king of France; and St. Paul, Minnesota, named for the great Apostle. From Santa Monica, California, to St.