The Rev. Mariann Budde, the Episcopal bishop of Washington who delivered the controversial sermon during President Donald Trump’s inauguration, is set to visit the Bay Area next month for a ...

This article appears in the April 2025 issue of Washingtonian. The post DC’s Episcopal Bishop, Mariann Budde, on Trump, Kindness, and Respect first appeared on Washingtonian.

They said, “We stand by Bishop Budde and her appeal for the Christian values of mercy and compassion.” Before her current post, she served as a parish priest at St. John’s Episcopal Church ...

President Trump spent the afternoon at a service at the National Cathedral where Right Reverend Mariann Edgar Budde gave a service on unity. She said that contempt can fuel social media and ...

Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde, who urged Donald Trump to have mercy on LGBTQ+ communities and others, said Pride Month is a time to feel seen and supported.

As Budde neared the end of her Jan. 21 sermon from the pulpit of the Washington National Cathedral, she looked directly at President Trump, seated in a front pew, and urged him to “have mercy ...

White House slams court decision blocking Trump tariffs "I ask you to have mercy, Mr President," Budde told an unsmiling Trump, seated in the front pew for the customary inaugural service next to ...

Bishop Budde gained national attention on Tuesday, January 21, 2025, for what The New York Times called "an extraordinary act of public resistance." During a prayer service for former President ...

The Episcopal bishop who in January angered President Donald Trump has a deal for two books for young people. Both are based on the Right Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde’s best-selling “How We Learn ...

Rather than simply asking for mercy for migrants and refugees, Bishop Mariann ought to have proposed a solution that would benefit the country and probably give President Trump a new constituency ...

With the exception of a few prophetic voices like the Rt. Rev. Mariann Budde (Episcopal Bishop of Washington D.C. ) and the Most Reverend Mark Seitz (Catholic Bishop of El Paso, Texas), many ...