The Washington National Cathedral hosts the event, an interfaith service, on the morning after every inauguration dating back to 1933 as a sign of unity.

The clergy's job is to challenge, to ruffle and to advocate for basic humanity, writes the founder and director of a center for progressive Jewish text study ...

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 sermon’s duration was less than 15 minutes. Its theme—a call for unity grounded in faith at a time of political division—was hardly out of the norm for a post-inauguration service at Washington ...

A bishop who pleaded with U.S. president Donald Trump to have mercy on marginalized Americans has said she will not apologize after Trump lashed out at her on social media.

Mariann Edgar Budde serves in the Episcopal Church, which affirms the LGBTQ community. The Catholic Church does not allow women to serve as bishops.

Budde said she regrets the angry reactions to her pointed request for Trump to show mercy, but added that she stands by her remarks.

President Donald Trump isn't happy with how European Union regulators have treated U.S.-based tech companies, including Google, Meta, and Apple. Onstage at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Trump put ...

When Donald Trump sat down Tuesday beneath the exquisite stained-glass windows of the National Cathedral, he likely expected a sermon that would reflect his earthly glory back to him: something about ...

• Episcopal Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde delivered a sermon at the National Prayer Service urging President Trump to govern with mercy, particularly toward LGBTQ people and immigrants. • Budde ...

Bishop Mariann E. Budde, of the Episcopal Church, pleaded to Donald Trump to have "mercy" on immigrants and members of the LGBTQ+ community.

The president may not have approved of Mariann Edgar Budde’s homily at the National Cathedral. But the bishop answered to a higher moral calling.