Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde, whose sermon at a national prayer service last week was heard round the world, credits a "humble" upbringing in the North Jersey suburbs for shaping her worldview.

It was the first Sunday following the sermon heard around the world, when Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde became a viral phenomenon for “preaching truth to power” at the prayer service for the nation.

Budde's words inspire decency and compassion in the face of a president who cares little for such qualities, the writer says. Wasting no time pretending to have grown up into an adult human being ...

Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde, whose sermon at a national prayer service last week was heard round the world, credits a "humble" upbringing in the North Jersey suburbs for shaping her worldview. Budde, ...

(RNS) — The sermon reminded many Americans what public religious faith looked like in the not-so-distant past, when the Episcopal Church was the de facto faith of the American ruling class.

A local pastor posted an open letter by a “progressive” preacher John Pavlovitz urging all pastors in the nation to stand in support of Episcopalian Bishop Mariann Budde for her remarks made to ...

Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde’s prayerful plea to the newly inaugurated president to accept the Christian values of mercy and compassion did not sit well with Trump. What do you think about that?

Such is the case, as I see it, with the Right Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde’s sermon during an inaugural prayer service Jan. 21 at Washington National Cathedral. “It’s incumbent upon us to speak ...

Episcopal Bishop Mariann Budde was not removed from the National Cathedral by the Episcopal Archdiocese of Washington, a spokesperson for the cathedral has said. The narrative originated from a ...

Episcopalian Bishop Mariann Budde’s sermon at the National Cathedral was the epitome of civility while speaking truth to power, along with the actual teachings of Jesus. The crowd shots of the ...

We welcome diverse viewpoints. Episcopalian Bishop Mariann Budde’s sermon at the National Cathedral was the epitome of civility while speaking truth to power, along with the actual ...