Bishop Mariann Budde asked President Trump to show mercy on marginalized groups, like immigrants and LGBT. Her words didn't go unnoticed.

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.

The Virginia Theological Seminary released a statement Friday in support of alumna Bishop Mariann Budde after she received conservative pushback for comments this week during the National Cathedral’s inaugural prayer service for President Trump.

The Episcopal bishop of Washington spoke with NPR to discuss her sermon addressing President Trump and why she asked him to have mercy.

President Donald Trump, left, watches as Rev. Mariann Budde, second right, arrives at the national prayer service at the Washington National Cathedral, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) President Donald 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.

President Donald Trump Wednesday demanded an apology from the Episcopal bishop who criticized his hardline policies on immigration and LGBTQ rights at the National Prayer Service on his first full day back in the White House.

Haley Popp’s Flower Mound bakery went viral this week for selling cookies printed with an image of the Washington National Cathedral’s Bishop Mariann Budde.

State of Belief host Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush talks with Skye Perryman, President and CEO of Democracy Forward about the legal limitations to many of the executive orders and policy changes from the incoming administration.

In her inauguration sermon, Mariann Budde did what all clergy should do: challenge, ruffle and advocate for basic humanity

If US President Donald Trump succeeds in contributing to restoring global peace that would truly be something. But, I am not a fan of any kind of chest-beating nationalism.