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

The first woman to serve as the spiritual leader of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington ... By Elizabeth Dias and Tim Balk Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde, whose direct appeal to President Trump ...

Bishop Budde, at the inaugural service, had directly appealed to US President Donald Trump to ‘have mercy’ on the LGBTQ community and migrant workers. US President Donald Trump called ...

It was not the first time she had made a public appeal to him. The Right Rev. Mariann Budde, the Episcopal bishop of Washington, criticized the newly sworn-in president during his first term ...

The Right Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde, bishop of the Diocese of Washington, said Wednesday that she will continue to pray for President Donald Trump, hours after he lashed out at her over a sermon.

Trump was sworn in as the 47th US President on Monday Episcopal Bishop of Washington, Mariann Edgar Budde, on Monday, urged Donald Trump to show compassion towards marginalised groups, including ...

Introduced by moderator Joy Behar (Whoopi Goldberg is out for the week) as a woman who has “more fearlessness than anyone in Congress right now,” Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde said today ...

Image: Donald Trump stands near Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde at the service. Pic: Reuters Donald Trump has hit out at the bishop of Washington after she lectured him on respecting immigrants and ...

At a sermon preached to President Trump at Washington National Cathedral, Bishop Mariann Budde asked him to "have mercy" on people who are... Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde confronts Trump in sermon ...

Who is Mariann Edgar Budde? According to the New York Times, Bishop Budde is the first woman serve in the capacity of spiritual leader of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington. She has been at the ...

During a prayer service at Washington's National Cathedral Tuesday ... "Let me make one final plea, Mr. President," Bishop Mariann Budde said in her 15-minute sermon. "Millions have put their ...