WASHINGTON (AP) — 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. “I don’t consider him an enemy,” Budde told The Associated Press.

Trump's reaction is another example of his administration being at odds with prominent religious leaders over his stance on immigration and LGBTQ+ rights.

Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde called on President Trump to have mercy on transgender children and immigrant families at a National Cathedral prayer service for the inauguration Tuesday, which went

President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance and their families were in attendance at the prayer service on Tuesday.

While Trump is a dominant political force among evangelical and conservative Christians, he has faced criticism from the Pope, the former Archbishop of Canterbury in the U.K. and progressive mainline protestants in the U.S over a range of issues.

The first female bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington provoked President Donald Trump’s anger January 22, after calling on the president to show “mercy” toward immigrants and LGBT people.

President Donald Trump, left, watches as Rev. Mariann Budde, second right, arrives at the national prayer service at the Washington National Cathedral, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) President Donald Trump,

Mariann Budde, 65, is the Episcopalian bishop who confronted Trump during the National Prayer Service. Trump and Vice President JD Vance were in attendance as part of their first full day in the Oval Office.

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

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.

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