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October 26, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – On Sunday, Pope Francis announced he is elevating Washington, D.C. Archbishop Wilton Gregory, to the rank of cardinal. The announcement came just ten days ahead of the U.S. presidential election and the day before the U.S. Senate vote to confirm President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett. Pope Francis, who cited election proximity when denying a meeting to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in September, also took veiled shots at Trump in a new documentary in which he was featured. That documentary, Francesco, was released on October 22. Gregory, arguably one...

Maryland Catholic conference focuses on racial justice As efforts aimed at police reform sweep the nation, Washington Catholic Archbishop Wilton Gregory has called on Maryland lawmakers to push ahead with their plans.In a virtual town hall meeting Tuesday night, the Catholic leader said social media highlights controversial deadly encounters by police, but most police are dedicated guardians of public safety. However, Gregory said reform efforts are still needed.“Until we can get to the point where a young Black kid, a young Black man, can feel safe when he’s encountering a police officer, we’ve got to talk,” Gregory said.The online session,...

Catholics Demand DC Prelate Denounce Dems Abp. Wilton Gregory pressed to call out anti-Catholicism ST. LOUIS (ChurchMilitant.com) - A Catholic group is calling on the archbishop of Washington, D.C. to address the anti-Catholicism of the Democratic presidential ticket and their party's platform. Catholic Coalition president Ed Martin The Catholic Coalition Against Religious Tests for Office on Monday issued a public letter to Abp. Wilton Gregory, urging him to address the anti-Catholicism found in the Democratic Party and its leadership. Signed by Catholic Coalition president Ed Martin, the letter spells out unambiguously what Catholics see as a dire problem: "Clearly, one of America's two major political...

[Barf Alert] Archbishop Gregory celebrating Sept. 9 Mass for day of fasting and prayer to end sin of racism Archbishop Wilton Gregory, shown celebrating an Aug. 28, 2020 Mass of Peace and Justice at St. Matthew's Cathedral in Washington, will celebrate a Sept. 9 Mass at St. Peter Claver Church in St. Inigoes, Maryland, as part of a day of prayer and fasting called by U.S. Catholic bishops to end the sin of racism. (CS photo/Andrew Biraj) Archbishop Wilton Gregory will celebrate a Sept. 9 Mass at noon at St. Peter Claver Church in St. Inigoes, Maryland. The Mass –...

[Barf Alert] Washington archbishop says ‘conversion’ needed to fight racism SOUTH BEND, Indiana — American bishops must do more to uphold the legacy set by religious leaders during the civil rights movement, Archbishop Wilton Gregory said in a talk last week. The Archbishop of Washington called for bishops to facilitate more interactions between Catholics of different races while addressing a group of students, staff, and alumni from the University of Notre Dame, as part of the lecture series “Building an Anti-Racist Vocabulary,” sponsored by the Klau Center for Civil and Human Rights.During his remarks about race relations within the U.S. Church,...

[Barf alert] Text of Archbishop Gregory's homily at Mass for Peace and Justice (This is the text of Washington Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory's homily at the Aug. 28, 2020 Mass of Peace and Justice held at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle to mark the 57th anniversary of the March on Washington.)Washington, D.C., has held many large-scale events before. Some were associated with political occasions. Some celebrated triumphant military accomplishments. Some were held in opposition to a certain issue even as others were held in support of that very same issue. Washington is a city accustomed to parades, marches, and...

[Barf Alert] Archbishop addresses Notre Dame community on ‘moral imperative’ of anti-racism Archbishop addresses Notre Dame community on ‘moral imperative’ of anti-racism | Monday, August 24, 2020 Archbishop Wilton Gregory, of the Archdiocese of Washington, D.C., addressed the Notre Dame community virtually Aug. 21 in the inaugural lecture of this fall’s “Building an Anti-Racist Vocabulary” series, hosted by the Klau Center for Civil and Human Rights.In his lecture, “Anti-Racism as a Moral Imperative,” Gregory spoke to the 110 students enrolled in the course, as well as other students, faculty and alumni who tuned in. Klau Center associate director Dory Mitros...

Catholic University of America has become ‘Catholic in name only’: Former employee Leftist propaganda now holds sway over traditional Catholic ideals at CUA, says a former administrative assistant to the university. Abp. Wilton Gregory, chancellor of the Catholic University of America. August 4, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – Deus Lux Mea Est (“God is My Light”) is the motto of The Catholic University of America, the only higher education institution founded by the United States bishops. Promoting itself as the papally chartered national university of the Catholic Church, it was officially established in 1887 as a graduate and research center. Following its...

Tony Rodham signed a contract in June 1998 with the Edgar and Vonna Jo Gregory's circus company, United Shows of America, Inc., and several related businesses to serve as their "independent consultant." Perhaps not coincidentally, the Gregorys negotiated the contract with Hillary Clinton's youngest brother at the same time they began pursuing presidential pardons. Years earlier, Edgar and Vonna Jo Gregory pleaded guilty in a banking fraud case. Edgar received five years of probation and Vonna Jo three. The Gregorys were no strangers to the Clinton clan. They donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to the political campaigns of Bill...

Hillary Clinton's youngest brother Tony Rodham died Friday night, the 2016 Democratic presidential candidate announced Saturday on Twitter. "We lost my brother Tony last night. It's hard to find words, my mind is flooded with memories of him today," The cause of death is not immediately known. He was previously married to former Sen. Barbara Boxer's daughter, Nicole Boxer. Rodham and Clinton were a trio of siblings, and he is also survived by his older brother Hugh. Rodham successfully lobbied Bill Clinton to pardon a couple convicted of bank fraud who paid Rodham $245,000 for consulting work, according to a...

[Barf Alert] DC Archbishop: National unrest offers ‘the possibility of changing hearts’ Sorrow and hope — those are the emotions the head of the Catholic Church of D.C. used to describe how he feels during the current racial tumult.“These times fill my heart with deep sorrow at the suffering of people in light of the pandemic, in light of the economic repercussions, and also in light of the obviously cruel and unjust murder of innocent people,” Archbishop Wilton Gregory, the highest-ranking Black leader in the U.S. church, said.“But it also fills my heart with hope because, as we have seen,...

Why Catholics Should Vote for Trump It is not a hard case to make given the alternative. On distinctively Catholic issues, the “Catholic” Joe Biden is batting zero. From abortion to gay marriage to embryonic stem cell research, Biden stands against Church teaching. Were he elected, he would resume the war on Catholics and Christians Barack Obama waged for eight years. Donald Trump’s defeat of Hillary Clinton put a pause on that assault and gave Catholics some breathing room. Given all of this, one would think the Catholic episcopate might refrain from sniping at Trump. But they haven’t. Democrats first,...

DC archbishop claims birth is ‘first moment’ of person’s human dignity in interview on racism Washington, D.C. Archbishop Wilton Gregory Lianne Laurence contributed to this report. WASHINGTON, D.C., June 24, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory of Washington, D.C. made the claim, contrary to Christian teaching, that a person’s “human dignity” begins at birth. He said this to Associated Press in comments linking racial justice to pro-life advocacy. “Birth is only the first moment of a person’s human dignity, which is never lost throughout the journey of life,” Gregory stated in an email, according to the Associated Press. The...

Petition asking DC’s Archbishop Gregory to apologize to President Trump hits 33,800 Using unusually caustic and unwelcoming remarks, Gregory called the president’s visit to a Catholic shrine in D.C. 'baffling and reprehensible.' Abp. Wilton Gregory of Washington, D.C. PETITION: Ask Archbishop Gregory to apologize to President Trump and the Knights of Columbus! Sign the petition here. June 16, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — After less than only two weeks, LifeSite’s petition asking Washington’s Archbishop Wilton Gregory to apologize to President Trump and the Knights of Columbus has already attracted nearly 35,000 signatures. “Catholics are disappointed in their leadership,” said Scott Schittl, one of...

The Maryland bishops released a pastoral letter Monday decrying the sin of racism and confessing their own participation in it. ................... The bishops also confess to having themselves failed to follow the gospel, which now impels them to lead the charge in eradicating unjust discrimination.“With regret and humility, we must recognize that as Catholic leaders and as an institution we have, at times, not followed the Gospel to which we profess and have been too slow in correcting our shortcomings,” they state. “For this reason, it is incumbent upon us to place ourselves at the forefront of efforts to remove...

Wilton Gregory Is Revolting But he's not the only one. On Tuesday, when President Donald Trump went to the Pope John Paul II National Shrine, the religious hypocrites came falling out of the rafters. Chief among them was D.C. archbishop Wilton Gregory. Listen to the raging hypocrisy of a statement he felt compelled to issue in view of the president's visit: "I find it baffling and reprehensible that any Catholic facility would allow itself to be so egregiously misused and manipulated in a fashion that violates our religious principles, which call us to defend the rights of all people, even...

Eighth Commandment: Washington Archbishop Caught Lying Believe it or not: Washington Archbishop Wilton Gregory was "not" informed of Trump’s June 2 visit to the Washington Saint John Paul II Shrine until June 1, when it was publicly announced by the White House.CruxNow.com “independently confirmed" that Gregory knew "nothing."But lies have short legs. White House press secretary Judd Deere, a homosexual, confirmed to CatholicNewsAgency.com (June 8) that Archbishop Gregory received an invitation to the event "the week prior" to the visit. Gregory declined "due to other commitments.”CatholicNewsAgency.com obtained [from Deere] a May 30 letter from Gregory’s office which thanks for “the...

Does Archbishop Gregory’s Objection to Trump Break New Ground? The controversy over President Donald Trump’s visit to the St. John Paul II National Shrine highlighted a potential new development in the Catholic Church’s relationship with the presidency in the United States. Prominent voices, led by the local ordinary, Archbishop Wilton Gregory of Washington, D.C., thought that the visit should have been canceled; moreover, that it was a betrayal of Catholic values not to have canceled it. No presidential visit to a Catholic institution has roused such controversy since the University of Notre Dame conferred an honorary doctorate on President Barack...

[Barf Alert] DC Archbishop Orders Priests to Protest President Wilton Gregory violates civil rights of DC clergy Your browser does not support the video tag. The sources inform Church Militant that Gregory retaliated against the local council and ordered them to send out an email to their own pro-life list and to bill it as a "pro-life rally." Threatened behind the scenes by Gregory, the D.C. Knights complied. The email reads: Brother Knights, Archbishop Gregory has invited local clergy, bishops and the Catholic lay faithful to publicly witness against institutional racism and to pray for the soul of George Floyd and...

Retract and Apologize Conservative corrects Abp. Gregory ST. LOUIS (ChurchMilitant.com) - A leading conservative is calling on Washington's archbishop to apologize for criticizing President Trump's visit to the St. John Paul II National Shrine. In a personal letter, Ed Martin, executive director of Phyllis Schlafly Eagles, urged Abp. Wilton Gregory on Tuesday to walk back statements critical of Trump. Questioning the Shrine's decision to host the president, Gregory said he found it "baffling and reprehensible that any Catholic facility would allow itself to be so egregiously misused and manipulated in a fashion that violates our religious principles." The Shrine, anticipating criticism, included the following explanation (which...