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Trump demands bishop Mariann Budde apologize for National Prayer Service sermon
President Donald Trump Wednesday demanded an apology from the Episcopal bishop who criticized his hardline policies on immigration and LGBTQ rights at the National Prayer Service on his first full day back in the White House.
A day after Trump was forced to grimly endure the tough-talking service by Bishop Mariann Budde, the president derided ...Read more

Trump pans National Cathedral bishop's plea for compassion towards immigrants, LGBTQ people
President Donald Trump was angered Tuesday when the bishop of the National Cathedral asked him to have compassion towards “scared” immigrants and LGBTQ people.
The new president sat grimly in the front row of the pews as Rev. Mariann Budde called on him to “have mercy” on undocumented immigrants and sexual minorities who were targeted ...Read more

A Black, LGBTQ Connecticut pastor leads nearly 600 New England churches. He has a gift for all who need it
HARTFORD, Conn. — The Rev. Darrell Goodwin is seeking those who have been estranged from hope.
The leader of nearly 600 New England churches has recently launched a campaign to reach those in need of hope, Find Hope Now. It’s a new take on the gospel, offering radical love, inclusion and what he calls “an extravagant welcome.”
Goodwin,...Read more
Boston-area ex-priest who pushed for Cardinal Law's resignation is accused of sexual assault
BOSTON — A former local priest who pushed for the ouster of Cardinal Bernard Law during the fallout from the clergy sexual abuse scandal is now accused of sexual assault.
Reverend Walter Cuenin is facing a lawsuit from a former Brandeis University student, who alleges that Cuenin groomed him and sexually abused him on a trip to New York in ...Read more

Commentary: Religious liberty in America -- past is prologue
Before the new administration takes office and we discover whether the unofficial new Department of Government Efficiency can set the country on a new course, or whether the “new boss” ends up being the “same as the old boss,” as Pete Townshend and The Who lament in 1971’s “Won’t Get Fooled Again,” I want to reflect on a recent ...Read more

San Diego's first-ever cardinal will soon lead Washington, D.C., diocese as Trump takes office
Pope Francis is moving the head of San Diego’s Roman Catholic Diocese to Washington, D.C., placing a prominent ally, as well as a supporter of migrant and LGBTQ communities, in the nation’s capital as President-elect Donald Trump prepares to launch mass deportations and a rollback of transgender rights.
The Vatican on Monday announced that ...Read more
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