HISTORICAL FACTS: Mariann budde | History Defined

Protests inside churches are unusual despite long history of civil disobedience in the US

American religious history is rife with protest movements

The Independent UK · Jan 25

GB News escapes sanction over homophobic joke

THE broadcast watchdog has found that a homophobic joke on a GB News programme was “highly offensive” but has ruled out taking further action.

The National (Scotland) · Oct 6, 2025

Why the Christian right are preaching that empathy is a sin

As foreign aid stopped and more deportations began, Trump’s then-adviser Elon Musk told podcaster Joe Rogan: ‘The fundamental weakness of Western civilization is empathy’

The Independent UK · Aug 21, 2025

When a bishop called on Trump to ‘have mercy’, she was following the old Christian tradition of parrhesia

When Bishop Mariann Budde closed her sermon at the National Prayer Service at Washington National Cathedral on January 21 she called on Donald Trump, who was sitting in front of her, “to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now”.

The Conversation · Feb 17, 2025

Pope Francis has tough words for Trump on immigration

Head of the Catholic Church asked people ‘of good will’ to not give into narratives about migrants being criminals

The Independent UK · Feb 11, 2025

Trump announces plan to launch task force against ‘anti-Christian bias’

At a prayer breakfast, Trump said the task force would prosecute the ‘targeting’ of Christians within government.

Al Jazeera · Feb 6, 2025

In asking Trump to show mercy, Bishop Budde continues a long tradition of Christian leaders ‘speaking truth to power’

Episcopal Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde’s sermon on Jan. 21, 2025, in which she appealed to President Donald Trump to have mercy toward groups frightened by his position on immigrants and LGBTQ+ people – especially children – drew reactions from both sides of the aisle.

The Conversation · Jan 28, 2025

‘People around me are almost universally concerned’: Bishop who begged Trump to have ‘mercy’ talks threats

Bishop Mariann Budde previously condemned Trump’s 2020 decision to clear Black Lives Matter demonstrators in Lafayette Square and then pose there for a photo-op

The Independent UK · Jan 26, 2025

In the wilderness: Democrats struggle to navigate the politics of new Trump era

Once united in opposition to Trump during his first term, Democrats now flounder with his return to the White House

The Guardian - US · Jan 26, 2025

“Woke” Bishop Mariann Budde Issues New Plea To Americans After Inauguration Sermon Sparked Fury

“The so-called Bishop who spoke at the National Prayer Service ... was a Radical Left hard line Trump hater,” the president said in a scathing message. The post “Woke” Bishop Mariann Budde Issues New Plea To Americans After Inauguration Sermon Sparked Fury first appeared on Bored Panda.

Bored Panda · Jan 23, 2025