The fake claim alleged Budde was removed for her comments during President Donald Trump's inaugural prayer service.

Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde's viral sermon taking on President Donald Trump brought supporters to Washington National Cathedral the following Sunday.

The Rt. Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde, Episcopal bishop of Washington, D.C., asked President Trump for mercy in this National Prayer Service sermon.

A worship service held at Washington National Cathedral Tuesday culminated in Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde confronting President Donald Trump and pleading with him to "have mercy" on illegal immigrants and members of the LGBTQ+ community as he begins his second term.

In the inaugural prayer service, the Right Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington asked President Trump to "have mercy upon the people in our country."

President Donald Trump is demanding an apology from the Episcopal bishop of Washington after she asked him to have mercy on the LGBTQ+ community and migrants in the United States illegally during a prayer service marking his inauguration.

An Episcopal bishop urged him to show compassion toward immigrants. Trump called her “not compelling or smart.”

What did Donald Trump think would happen when he showed up at Washington National Cathedralfor the traditional interfaith prayer service?

The Right Rev. Mariann Budde, Episcopal bishop of the Diocese of Washington, made headlines this week after she angered President Donald Trump with her sermon during an inaugural prayer service.

Following a traditional inaugural prayer service at Washington National Cathedral on Tuesday, during which an Episcopal bishop called on President Donald Trump to show "mercy" toward LGBTQ people and immigrants, he told reporters the sermon "wasn't too exciting" and added he "didn't think it was a good service."

President Donald Trump will attend the national prayer service Tuesday morning at Washington National Cathedral. Trump's swearing-in ceremony was held in the Capitol Rotunda due to frigid temperatures, followed by pardons for Jan. 6 attackers. Trump signed ...

We stand with Budde and we encourage those who are criticizing her to study both the writings of our country’s founders, Mercy is necesary.