About halfway through the service, Trump, seated in the front row, heard a sermon that functioned as one of the first public criticisms of his second administration. After beginning her homily by ...

Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde joined "The View" on Wednesday to discuss her "mercy" plea to President Donald Trump at a prayer service this week, saying it was impossible for her viral message not to ...

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 ...

Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images Budde defended her sermon against Trump's criticism, telling ABC's "The View" on Wednesday that she sought to create "unity" and to "counter the narrative that is ...

Her sermon focused on subjects ranging from LGBT matters to illegal immigration. “In the name of our God, I ask you to have mercy on the people in our country who are scared,” Budde said.

For centuries, American religious leaders have staked out positions on controversial issues, from slavery to Prohibition to abortion to civil rights. While much like the American public, the ...

Rev. Mariann Budde pretty much had the structure of her sermon for the next day finished. The Episcopal bishop of Washington had ruminated on it ever since she was announced in October as the ...

He told reporters on Tuesday afternoon that he did not think the service was good. Watch the sermon above.

Episcopal Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde defended her sermon at the post-inaugural National Cathedral prayer service Tuesday morning in which she directed comments at President Trump on trans ...

In an interview with NPR's "All Things Considered," Budde said she wanted to "ask [Trump] as gently as I could to have mercy." She added that she felt it was "dangerous" for Trump to speak of ...

After returning to the White House, a reporter asked Trump for his reaction to the sermon. At least initially, he offered relatively muted criticism. “I didn’t think it was a good service ...