The Tennessean's letters reflect the views of the authors and add to public discourse. At issue: Bishop Mariann Budde's ...

We stand with Budde and we encourage those who are criticizing her to study both the writings of our country’s founders, ...

Let’s name the truth: Bishop Budde’s call for mercy was not an attack. It was a reminder. A reminder that leadership without ...

The Right Rev. Mariann Budde, the spiritual leader of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington, has voiced concern about Donald ...

A scholar of medieval Christianity explores the history of Christians who spoke out, unafraid to risk official censure or ...

President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance and their families were in attendance at the prayer service on Tuesday.

Image Bishop Budde delivered a sermon at a prayer service at Washington National Cathedral, making a plea to President Trump to “have mercy.”Credit...Doug Mills/The New York Times It was too ...

Mariann Budde, 65, is the Episcopalian bishop who confronted Trump during the National Prayer Service. Trump and Vice ...

It was a pretty mild sermon,” Budde said. “It certainly wasn't a fire and brimstone sermon. It was as respectful and as universal as I could." ...

The bishop who asked President Trump to “have mercy” to immigrants and transgender ... Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde, in an interview with The Hill at her residence on Monday, was still taking ...

She was asking President Trump for mercy and compassion for fellow ... If Jesus had preached the same sermon as Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde, would he too have been ostracized?