Cardinal Gregory Recalls Time When Black Catholics Could Not Study in US Seminaries
Cardinal Wilton Gregory, the archbishop of Washington, received this year’s Rector’s Award at an April 11 banquet at the Pontifical North American College.
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Pope Francis to New Cardinals: May the Cross and Resurrection Always Be Your Goal
The cardinals who participated in the consistory in St. Peter’s Basilica all wore face masks due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Analysis: Will Archbishop Gregory’s ‘Dialogue’ with Biden Undermine USCCB?
While Archbishop Gregory has every proper right to “dialogue” with an individual Catholic in his diocese, it is less clear that the Archbishop of Washington is ex officio empowered to bargain with the head of state on behalf of the Church across the country.
Analysis: Archbishop Gregory Says He Won’t Deny Biden Communion. How Will Catholics Respond?
In 2004, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, then head of the Church’s doctrinal office, told U.S. bishops in a memo that a Catholic politician “consistently campaigning and voting for permissive abortion and euthanasia laws” is engaged in “manifest” and “formal cooperation” in grave sin.
On ‘March on Washington’ Anniversary, DC Archbishop Calls for Beatitudes
Archbishop Gregory offered the Mass on the 57th anniversary of the 1963 civil rights March on Washington.
Archbishop Gregory Invited to JPII Shrine Trump Event Days Before Public Statement
In correspondence dated May 30th and obtained by CNA, Archbishop Gregory’s office declined “the kind invitation to attend the event celebrating International Religious Freedom on Tuesday, June 2, 2020 at the Saint John Paul II Shrine.“
DC Catholic Priests Invited to ‘Prayerful Protest’ at White House
Several priests of the archdiocese said they were surprised by the invitation, given the potentially volatile atmosphere that has accompanied some demonstrations outside the White House in the past week.
Cardinal Turkson: Racism Driving Some Catholics from the Church
Cardinal Turkson noted that “bishops and pastors from parts of Africa” have expressed concern that young Catholics leaving the continent to attend schools in Europe and the U.S. return home having left the Church.
JPII Shrine Says Trump Visit Long Scheduled While Archbishop Gregory Opposes It
A spokesperson for the shrine said on Tuesday that the White House “originally scheduled this as an event for the president to sign an executive order on international religious freedom.”
Archbishop Gregory Denounces ‘Murderous Attack’ on Ahmaud Arbery
Ahmaud Arbery, a 25 year-old black man, was shot dead in Brunswick, Georgia, on February 23 by two white men who cited the state’s citizen arrest law in their confrontation with him.
