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.

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.

Reverend Mariann Budde’s inaugural prayer service sermon begging Donald Trumpto have “mercy” on groups he’s targeted has now officially come under fire by the House of Representatives. An official resolution was introduced on January 23 by the House in which they officially declared Budde’s speech via a resolution as “a display of political