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

Catholic advocacy groups, southern border dioceses and the U.S. bishops' conference are expressing deep concern after President Trump signed a series of executive orders targeting immigration on his first week in the Oval Office.

Bishop of Washington Mariann Edgar Budde pleads with president to "have mercy" on children who live in fear of him and his policies.

On the first day of his second administration, Donald Trump issued a flurry of executive orders, declaring national emergencies on energy and at the U.S. southern border.

The Catholic Church has its own history of prophetic voices using the moral authority of the priesthood to remind political leaders of the Christian precept of human dignity.

In her sermon, Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington was openly critical of the president.

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Trump has made efforts to appeal to far right Christians, frequently pandering to the burgeoning Christian nationalist movement in the U.S. But he has struggled to articulate his beliefs or to understand basic tenets of the faith, including failing to name a single Bible passage as his favorite when he first announced his run for president in 2015.

The Catholics surrounding Trump’s second term are best represented by his vice president, JD Vance, who converted to Catholicism and embraced family-oriented and conservative policies, echoing a general trend of young U.S. Catholic men shifting rightward.

Washington, D.C., pastor Mariann Edgar Budde is facing condemnation from critics for delivering a left-leaning sermon during a church service attended by President Donald Trump.

Trump in his order describes the death penalty as an “essential tool for deterring and punishing those who would commit the most heinous crimes ...”

Numerous faith leaders across the U.S. say the immigration crackdown launched by President Donald Trump’s new administration has sown fear within their migrant-friendly congregations.