Editor's Note: The recent prayer service at the Washington National Cathedral drew controversy when Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde asked President Donald Trump to show mercy on marginalized groups ...

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During Donald Trump's inaugural prayer service, a Bishop appealed to the 47th US President to have mercy on gay, lesbian, and transgender children. Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde's plea came as a ...

Bishop who called on Trump to ‘have mercy’ on LGBTQ people, migrants is a former Minnesotan Budde spent 18 years as a rector at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Minneapolis.

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President Donald Trump demands an apology from the Episcopal bishop that asked him to 'have mercy' on transgender children and immigrant families during at Tuesday's National Prayer Service.

U.S. President Donald Trump hit out Wednesday at a bishop who directly called on him to show mercy to immigrants and LGBTQ+ people. During the inaugural prayer service Tuesday at the Washington ...

Following a traditional inaugural prayer service at Washington National Cathedral on Tuesday, during which an Episcopal bishop called on President Donald Trump to show "mercy" toward LGBTQ people ...

The Bishop of Washington, Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde, made a plea to President Donald Trump, who was attending the inaugural prayer service, to have “mercy” on Americans, particularly immigrants ...