It was a pretty mild sermon,” Budde said. “It certainly wasn't a fire and brimstone sermon. It was as respectful and as universal as I could." ...

The clergy's job is to challenge, to ruffle and to advocate for basic humanity, writes the founder and director of a center for progressive Jewish text study ...

Mariann Edgar Budde serves in the Episcopal Church, which affirms the LGBTQ community. The Catholic Church does not allow women to serve as bishops.

Budde said she regrets the angry reactions to her pointed request for Trump to show mercy, but added that she stands by her remarks.

When Donald Trump sat down Tuesday beneath the exquisite stained-glass windows of the National Cathedral, he likely expected a sermon that would reflect his earthly glory back to him: something about ...

• Episcopal Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde delivered a sermon at the National Prayer Service urging President Trump to govern with mercy, particularly toward LGBTQ people and immigrants. • Budde ...

The president felt personally insulted by the bishop of Washington. But his clerical defenders have a much bigger agenda of monopolizing faith.

Bishop Mariann E. Budde, of the Episcopal Church, pleaded to Donald Trump to have "mercy" on immigrants and members of the ...

The president may not have approved of Mariann Edgar Budde’s homily at the National Cathedral. But the bishop answered to a higher moral calling.

Far from a 'lecture,' the Rev. Mariann Budde’s sermon to the new White House administration was precisely the kind of gentle reminder we all need from American faith leaders in these contentious times ...

Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde has issued a plea to Americans after Donald Trump called her “nasty”, in the wake of her powerful sermon earlier this week. Bishop Budde spoke at a service after Trump’s ...

The Right Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde made an appeal to Trump during a post-Inauguration prayer service he attended, asking him ...