Get RNS’ thoughtful, essential religion reporting every morning. Sign up for free! WASHINGTON (RNS) — The Rt. Rev. Mariann Budde, who shot to fame after urging President Donald Trump to have mercy on ...

Bishop Mariann Edge Budde of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington announced she will resign. Budde was the first woman elected to lead the diocese and has served in the role since 2011. She gained ...

Episcopal Bishop Mariann Budde of Washington, D.C., appears in a new video advertisement urging all people to vote.

Mariann Budde gained national attention for calling on US president to consider immigrants and LGBTQ+ people ...

(RNS) — 'I am asking for your courage to love your neighbor, to respect the dignity of every human being, and now, to vote,' Budde says in the new ad, which references her headline-grabbing sermon to ...

The Episcopal bishop of Washington — who asked President Donald Trump on Inauguration Day to have mercy on immigrants and LGBTQ+ children — has recorded an ad urging people to vote. The Right Rev.

Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde, the Episcopal bishop of Washington who publicly challenged Trump following his 2025 inauguration, is stepping down after 17 years leading the Episcopal Diocese of ...

Mariann Budde, the Episcopal bishop of Washington, rocketed to fame when she urged President Donald Trump, who was sitting in the pews, to “have mercy” on immigrants and LGBTQ children.

An Episcopal Church bishop who drew national attention for rebuking President Donald Trump in person during last year's inagural prayer service sermon plans to step down in 2028. Bishop Mariann Budde ...

An Episcopal bishop who publicly urged President Trump to "have mercy" on immigrants and LGBTQ+ Americans after his second inauguration is planning her departure. Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde of ...