Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde, Who Sparred with Trump Last Year, Speaks out After Her Retirement Announcement

EXCERPT:

BALLASY: “What made you decide to do it? To actually resign now? The timing of it.”
BUDDE: “Well, I’m not resigning now. It’s two years, but it takes — in our tradition, the process of succession planning takes two years. And by then I will have served for 17. And I think it’s time for the diocese to — I want to make room and leave the diocese as best I can and make room for the next leader. I think it’s a wonderful thing to pass things on to those who are ready to lead. So that’s why.”