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 ...

“SHOCKING: Catholic Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde begs Trump to allow Gay, Transgender and LGBTQ People live Freely in the United States and continue with their activities (sic),” reads the start ...

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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“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.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday demanded an apology from the Episcopal bishop of Washington after she made a direct appeal to him during a prayer service marking his ...