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[Catholic Caucus] Cardinal Gregory offers tough advice on the Catholic Dilemma this US electionWith less than twenty days to go before the United States presidential election, the cardinal archbishop of Washington, DC, has acknowledged the difficulties Catholics face in deciding how to vote – but reiterates that choose they must. Speaking to Crux while in Rome for this month’s Synod of Bishops on Synodality, Cardinal Wilton Gregory of Washington stressed the importance of having a broad understanding of key national challenges and urged Catholics not to be single-issue voters on 5 November. “No political party and certainly no individual candidate...

[Catholic Caucus] Washington Post Op-Ed: “Let the Latin Mass Remain in D.C.” Our contributor Ken Wolfe has penned a heartfelt article for The Washington Post (tomorrow’s edition) on the impending archdiocesan decision regarding the Traditional Latin Mass in the Archdiocese of Washington.Here it is, take a look.

Wilton Gregory, First African American Cardinal - His Claim To FameAs of today, Archbishop Wilton Gregory is now a cardinal. As prince of the church, he will vote in the next papal enclave, if he hasn't attained the age of 80 years before then. I realize it is an unpleasant thought, but it is what it is.The latest issue of the Catholic Standard is devoted to this coronation, crowing about the new cardinal. Of course they have to point out Gregory's race. So much for putting race behind us! In this issue appears an interview between Gregory and Mark Zimmerman,...