The fake claim alleged Budde was removed for her comments during President Donald Trump's inaugural prayer service.

As corporations and institutions bow to Trump’s whims and grievances, a Washington, D.C., bishop, shaped by her time serving Minnesota, gives Americans a shining example of how to be brave.

The regular worshipers at Grace Episcopal Church in Great Barrington were pleased but not surprised by the plea for mercy and love from Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde on Tuesday in Washington, D.C. We were not surprised because that is the kind of message you would hear weekly at Grace and every Episcopal parish.

Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde isn’t afraid to speak truth to power. Unlike almost everyone else in President Donald Trump’s orbit these days. And she has no plans to apologize for asking Trump to show mercy on the people he has terrorized in his first days back in power.

Rev. Mariann Budde the Episcopal Bishop of Washington defended a plea for mercy she made to President Donald Trump on behalf of immigrants and others during an inaugural prayer service a day before.

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,

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 illegal

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.

We are seeing the beginnings of an interfaith protest movement the likes of which we haven’t seen since the March on Washington.

Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde is the only person who, in these days, has dared to publicly confront Donald Trump.

Rev. Mariann Budde said she won’t apologize to President Donald Trump after pleading with him to have mercy on those concerned about his return to office.