Rachel Maddow talks with Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington about speaking from the pulpit directly to Donald Trump about showing mercy for the vulnerable people ...

President Donald Trump, from front row left, first lady Melania Trump, Vice President JD Vance and his wife Usha Vance look on as Rev. Mariann Budde, right, arrives at the national prayer service ...

While speaking at an interfaith inauguration prayer service at Washington National Cathedral on Tuesday, a bishop pleaded with President Donald Trump to show compassion toward immigrants ...

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Reuters US President Donald Trump on Wednesday called a Washington bishop ’nasty’ and demanded an apology from her after she gave an earful to him on LGBTQ rights at a prayer service. In a post on his ...

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“Actually they are all confused about this.” The president slammed the bishop’s service. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Social media users joked that they wouldn’t be able to ...

Editor’s note: The following piece was originally written by Mariann Edgar Budde, the bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington, D.C., in August 2020, after she went viral for condemning Donald ...

President Trump called remarks by the bishop of the National Cathedral "nasty in tone" hours after she delivered a sermon that included a plea to "have mercy" on immigrant and refugee families and ...

MARIANN Budde is the current Bishop of Washington and she is supported in her duty by her dear husband Paul. The bishop made headlines when she called for Trump to show “mercy” to LGBTQ ...

Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde speaks during the National Prayer Service at Washington National Cathedral on Jan. 21, 2025, in Washington, D.C.