Tiny Jesus figurines left in U.S. Capitol following TikTok trend

Tiny Jesus figurines have been popping up all over the U.S. Capitol in recent days. / Credit: Tessa Gervasini/CNA

Washington D.C., Mar 3, 2025 / 16:45 pm (CNA).

In recent days, congressional staff working in the U.S. Capitol have reported seeing something unusual in the normally staid grand corridors and offices where Congress conducts its business: Tiny Jesus figurines are popping up everywhere.

Congressional aides have shared images of the little statues on X after spotting them around the Capitol. One was found perched on a marble column in Statuary Hall, another was seen propped up on a pillar directly outside the doors of the Speaker of House’s office.

Some are a bit more hidden, including a diminutive Jesus placed high on a small ledge and one tucked next to a frame on the wall. Another tiny figurine was even discovered inside a lawmaker’s office in the Cannon House Office Building.

Whoever is placing the Jesus figurines around the Capitol appears to be participating in the new “mini Jesus figure” TikTok trend. TikTok is even selling packs of up to 100 tiny Jesus statuettes on the app’s store, TikTok Shop. Many Christian users are encouraging others to buy them to place in stores, hospitals, gas stations, or any other stops they make throughout their days.

TikTok users participating in the trend are posting videos of themselves leaving the figurines in public spaces, often with the hashtags #jesuslovesyou and #spreadingthelove. The trend is meant to serve as a reminder that “everyone needs a little Jesus,” according to some of the viral videos. 

Users can search the phrase “hiding mini Jesus” on the app to see dozens of people spreading Jesus by placing the figures around for strangers to find. 

CNA spotted one of the figures near an entrance to the Capitol. The Jesus statue matched the ones posted online with a “Jesus loves you” message on it.

Erik Rosales, Capitol Hill correspondent for “EWTN News Nightly,” told CNA he has heard about “more than two dozen baby Jesus on Capitol Hill” found all around the building.

Rosales told CNA he’s spoken to a number of tour guides who told him they have seen quite a few while giving tours. 

“They don’t remove them, but they let other people know. Then the architects of the Capitol are the ones that are taking them,” Rosales said. “They’ve collected a bunch of them.”

Whoever is placing them there seems to be determined to keep the presence of Jesus in the Capitol. 

In a post on X, Politico reporter Mia Camille McCarthy explained that shortly after she removed a figurine near her office it was replaced.

It remains a mystery who is leaving the mini-Jesus statues, but one thing seems clear: It’s a message meant for everyone, Democrats, Republicans, independents, and even members of the press.