Speaking Truth to Power: Bishop Marianne Edgar Budde
January 25, 2026
No more powerful example than Bishop Marianne Edgar Budde's sermon at Washington National Cathedral with President Donald Trump sitting in the front row in which she said, "“I ask you to have mercy, Mr. President, on those in our communities whose children fear that their parents will be taken away, and that you help those who are fleeing war zones and persecution in their own lands to find compassion and welcome here.”
Speaking Truth to Power: Bishop Marianne Edgar Budde
January 25, 2026
No more powerful example than Bishop Marianne Edgar Budde's sermon at Washington National Cathedral with President Donald Trump sitting in the front row in which she said, "“I ask you to have mercy, Mr. President, on those in our communities whose children fear that their parents will be taken away, and that you help those who are fleeing war zones and persecution in their own lands to find compassion and welcome here.”
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/01/25/nation/bishop-budde-trump-apology/
Worthy of a chapter in volume 2 of "Profiles in Courage".
January 25, 2025 in Commentaries | Permalink