Jim Dessicino, parish catechetical leader at the Parish of Saint Monica in Atlantic City, center, stands with Coadjutor ...

An ancient tooth in a crystal vessel inside a gilded silver frame at the Art Institute of Chicago was long thought to belong to John the Baptist, a contemporary of Jesus. But testing ruled that out.

During Donald Trump's inaugural prayer service, a Bishop appealed to the 47th US President to have mercy on gay, lesbian, and transgender children. Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde's plea came as a ...

Bishop who called on Trump to ‘have mercy’ on LGBTQ people, migrants is a former Minnesotan Budde spent 18 years as a rector at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Minneapolis.

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In the name of our God, I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country ... Macchio performed hymns like “How Great Thou Art” and another Trump favorite, “Hallelujah,” written ...

Sharing a clip of the sermon on X ... “In the name of our God, I ask you to have mercy on the people in our country who are scared now,” Budde said. “There are gay, lesbian and transgender ...

U.S. President Donald Trump hit out Wednesday at a bishop who directly called on him to show mercy to immigrants and LGBTQ+ people. During the inaugural prayer service Tuesday at the Washington ...

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 ...

The Bishop of Washington, Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde, made a plea to President Donald Trump, who was attending the inaugural prayer service, to have “mercy” on Americans, particularly immigrants ...

A bishop urged Donald Trump to “have mercy” on transgender children and immigrants during an inauguration church service attended by the president and his family. The Rt Rev Mariann Edgar ...

WASHINGTON ― The pastor of an inauguration prayer service attended Tuesday by President Donald Trump urged the newly sworn-in president to "have mercy" on immigrants and transgender children ...