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Bishop Mariann Budde talks about confronting President Trump in sermon
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NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Bishop Mariann Budde about her homily Tuesday, where she made a plea directly to President Donald Trump.
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The bishop who publicly urged Donald Trump to "have mercy" on immigrants and LGBTQ people - and was dismissed as "a Radical Left hard line Trump hater" by the president - responded with an appearance, remotely, on ABC's The View today, giving a full-throated plea for "unity.
The first woman to serve as the spiritual leader of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington, Bishop Budde had a message for President Trump during his first term, too.
Washington, D.C., pastor Mariann Edgar Budde is facing condemnation from critics for delivering a left-leaning sermon during a church service attended by President Donald Trump.
At a sermon preached to President Trump at Washington National Cathedral, Bishop Mariann Budde asked him to "have mercy" on people who are "scared," including LGBTQ+ children.
At a sermon preached to President Trump at Washington National Cathedral, Bishop Mariann Budde asked him to "have mercy" on people who are "scared," including LGBTQ children.
Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde joined the co-hosts of "The View" to discuss the political firestorm that followed her plea to President Trump during a prayer service on Tuesday.
Several faith leaders have spoken out after pastor Mariann Edgar Budde confronted President Donald Trump in her sermon during the inaugural prayer service.
Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde, who asked that President Trump “have mercy” on LGBTQ children and immigrants during a prayer service he attended Tuesday morning, said on ABC’s “The View” Wednesday she would welcome a one-on-one conversation with Trump.
Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde drew President Trump's ire Wednesday morning after she used a National Catheral prayer service to issue a call for mercy against members of the LGBTQ and immigrant communities.
In the inaugural prayer service, the Right Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington asked President Trump to "have mercy upon the people in our country."
An interview with immigration advocate Vanessa Cardenas about Bishop Mariann Budde's extraordinary sermon criticizing Trump: Can appeals to decency combat rising cruelty and authoritarianism?
A lefty DC bishop who chided President Trump about social justice causes during Tuesday's National Prayer Service doubled down on her politically charged sermon, saying she "was trying to speak a truth that I felt needed to be said."
The return of Donald Trump is readily evident today with reporters once again waking up to an angry presidential social media post, this time over a moment that went viral.
Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde called on President Trump to have mercy on transgender children and immigrant families at a National Cathedral prayer service for the inauguration Tuesday, which went viral and prompted the president to call her “nasty in tone” and “not compelling or smart.
President Donald Trump took a jab at Bishop Mariann Budde for her sermon at the National Prayer Service after Inauguration Day, when she called on him to show 'mercy' to immigrants and LGBTQ+ people
