Community members enjoy a Christmas Day meal in the Parish House of Trinity Episcopal Church in 2023. Photo courtesy of Michele Edwards. More than 20 years, Trinity began the tradition of ...

But on the first full day of his second term, Trump attended a national prayer service in Washington, D.C., where he sat and listened to the bishop of the local Episcopal Diocese. As my MSNBC ...

The debate about whether religious leaders should wade into politics erupted again Tuesday when the Right Rev. Mariann Budde, the Episcopal bishop of Washington, D.C., made a public plea in a ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. President Donald Trump is demanding an apology from the Episcopal bishop of Washington after she asked him ...

In a post on Truth Social, Trump called the Episcopal Bishop of Washington, Mariann Edgar Budde, a “Radical Left hard line Trump hater” who is “not very good at her job.” He said she ...

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 ...

The Washington, D.C., pastor who delivered a liberal sermon during a church service attended by President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance is facing fierce backlash from fellow pastors, as ...

President Donald Trump demanded an apology from the Episcopal Church on Tuesday after Washington Bishop Mariann Budde made pointed remarks toward him during a national prayer service. During the ...

"Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde is the Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington. She's the first woman to hold the position. She was given a great honor today, a chance to unify America around a ...

Budde was a little afraid. The leader of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington, she had planned for months to preach on three elements of unity — dignity, honesty and humility. But just 24 hours ...

The Right Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington, has defended comments she made appealing to President Donald Trump for “mercy” on behalf of illegal immigrants and ...

President Trump salutes as he attends the National Prayer Service at Washington National Cathedral with (L-R) first lady Melania Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and second lady Usha Vance on Jan. 21 ...