In a harsh attack on Catholic bishops for criticizing mass deportation, the veep is intensifying his administration’s feud with Christian clergy.

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

President Donald Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance visibly rolled their eyes as the Episcopal bishop of Washington, Mariann Budde,

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 satirical page on Facebook and has no truth to it.

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,

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.

JD Vance's sudden turn of the head told it all as an Episcopalian Bishop sermonized about having mercy on gay and transgender children while the nation's leaders listened. The new vice president ...

During a prayer service at Washington's National Cathedral Tuesday, the Episcopal bishop of Washington directly confronted President Trump while he and Vice President J.D. Vance were seated in the ...

Budde was raised in Morris County by a single mom and a congregation that valued hard work. "I didn't see myself as minister material," she said.

There is a category of rhetoric technically known by the Greek word parrhesia, usually defined in English as “speaking truth to power.” The word conveys not only the right to speak truth to those who do not want to hear it but the duty to do so regardless of the cost.

Recently, the discussion turned and returned to a most remarkable event that occurred Jan. 21 in our country’s National Cathedral — a courageous woman, a brave bishop speaking, in clear and respectful terms, truth to power: “Mr. President … in the name of our God, I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now.”

As corporations and institutions bow to Trump’s whims and grievances, a Washington, D.C., bishop, shaped by her time serving Minnesota, gives Americans a shining example of how to be brave.