The grandiose Basilica of St. Josaphat attracts more than faithful Catholics – it's admired by architecture lovers and history buffs alike. Modeled after Rome's famous St. Peter's Basilica ...

Reuters US President Donald Trump on Wednesday called a Washington bishop ’nasty’ and demanded an apology from her after she gave an earful to him on LGBTQ rights at a prayer service. In a post on his ...

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President Trump called remarks by the bishop of the National Cathedral "nasty in tone" hours after she delivered a sermon that included a plea to "have mercy" on immigrant and refugee families and ...

MARIANN Budde is the current Bishop of Washington and she is supported ... police and National Guard troops to clear the grounds of St John’s Episcopal Church to allow Donald Trump to pose ...

Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde speaks during the National Prayer Service at Washington National Cathedral on Jan. 21, 2025, in Washington, D.C.

Budde, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington since 2011, is known for her liberal views. She previously criticized Trump in 2020 during his first term after he walked unannounced to St ...

At the inaugural prayer service, the Right Rev Mariann Budde, the Episcopal bishop of Washington ... Apart from this, she has also served as the rector of St. John’s Episcopal Church in Minneapolis ...

The bishop has clashed with Mr Trump before, during his first term in office. In 2020, she expressed outrage over the president’s appearance in front of St John’s Episcopal Church in ...

It’s worth emphasising that Bishop Budde is the Bishop of Washington, a position she has held since 2011. Most coverage makes it sound like she’s some random unqualified bishop who’s just ...

Languages: English. Georgia Representative Mike Collins, a Republican, called for the deportation of Bishop Mariann Budde following her critical remarks during a national prayer service for ...

Budde has been an Episcopal bishop in Washington, DC, since 2011 and hasn’t been shy about wading into politics. Back in 2020, for instance, she blasted Trump for wielding a Bible outside St ...