President Donald Trump on Wednesday called for an apology from Washington Episcopal Bishop Mariann Budde after she made a direct appeal to him for “mercy” toward LGBT-identified Americans and ...

Who Is Mariann Edgar Budde? Mariann Edgar Budde, born in 1959, has been the Bishop of Washington since 2011 and is an Episcopal bishop. After completing her undergraduate studies at the University ...

Democratic Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde asked President Trump to have "mercy'' on migrants as he sat in the audience during a National Prayer Service on Tuesday -- and the commander in chief was not ...

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.

President Donald Trump attended National Prayer Service at Washington National Cathedral on January 21, 2025 in Washington, DC where Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde asked that he have mercy on LGBT ...

Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde used the interfaith service on Trump's first full day back in office to make an impassioned plea for mercy towards vulnerable communities.

During the inaugural prayer something really surprising happened as a mercy plea took place. Latest reports revealed that Bishop Mariann Budde intensely urged US President Donald Trump to show a ...

Rev. Mariann Budde called on the new president to “have mercy” on undocumented immigrants and sexual minorities who were targeted by his hardline Day One blizzard of executive orders.