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Washington D.C. Archbishop Wilton Gregory was among 13 new cardinals named by Pope Francis on Sunday and will become the first Black U.S. prelate to earn the coveted red hat. Gregory was picked by Francis to lead the prestigious diocese in the U.S. capital last year. He served three times as the head of the U.S. Conference of Bishops. The newly elected cardinal was part of a select group of Catholic leaders that criticized President Donald Trump for staging a picture in front of St. John's Episcopal Church near the White House, amid protests about the death of George Floyd....

[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] 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...

[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,...

Christian leaders who were quick to break social distancing guidelines to stand with Black Lives Matter protesters appear loathe to fight back against the ban on church services. American Christians saw something these past two weeks we’re not used to: People standing for their beliefs in the face of coronavirus.In cities and towns nationwide, millions crowded streets and parks, marching, singing and for some after dark, rioting. Many had been sheltered in place for nearly three months, carefully avoiding their neighbors, watching Netflix, wearing pajamas, and when outside, fleeing into busy streets for fear of unmasked joggers.But this — this...

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...

Washington DC Archbishop Wilton Gregory released a statement last Tuesday lashing out at President Donald Trump for visiting the John Paul II National Shrine. The DC Archbishop Gregory lectured President Trump on “defending the rights of all people even those with whom we might disagree” while at the same time attacking him for visiting a Catholic Shrine.President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump visited the Catholic Shrine before signing an executive order promoting religious freedom.First Lady Melania Trump is a practicing Catholic.The media failed to report this important detail in their hit pieces on President Trump. Instead, Archbishop Gregory made...

Fr. Altman gives a 23 minute homily chastising the riot groups and also Archbishop Gregory.

[Barf Alert] Special Year of Laudato Si' - Care For Our Common Home Dear Friends, This past Sunday marked the fifth anniversary of Pope Francis' Encyclical Laudato Si’, his call for the care of the earth and the poor. As part of the anniversary our Holy Father announced a special Year of Laudato Si’, which will run through May 24, 2021.  It will be a year to reflect on the encyclical letter.  Announcing the year, he invited "all persons of goodwill to adhere to it, to take care of our common home and our more fragile brothers and sisters." As part of...

[Catholic Caucus] Pro-LGBT archbishop of DC has long record of supporting liberal causes August 30, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) — Archbishop Wilton Gregory is this week’s Bishop of the Week for Faithful Shepherds, a website launched by LifeSiteNews in 2018 that encourages bishops to remain faithful to Christ by enabling laity to email, send personalized postcards, or call their bishops to urge them to uphold the Church’s perennial teachings. Archbishop Gregory was recently installed as the archbishop of one of the most politically important sees in the U.S. — the Archdiocese of Washington. Prior to his high-profile appointment, Gregory was archbishop of...

‘Trump is not a racist’: MLK’s niece rebukes liberal DC archbishop August 2, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) – Martin Luther King, Jr.’s niece took Washington, D.C.’s Catholic archbishop to task for characterizing President Donald Trump’s recent comments on Baltimore as racist. “I’ve read the statement by Washington, D.C. Archbishop Wilton Gregory suggesting that President Trump’s [tweets] about squalor in Baltimore are racist and I have to disagree,” said Dr. Alveda King, director of Civil Rights for the Unborn for Priests for Life.  “President Trump is not a racist. A racist is a person who doesn’t get Acts 17:26: ‘Of one blood God...

Pastor of the Shrine of the Immaculate ConceptionATLANTA (ChurchMilitant.com) - The pastor of a pro-homosexual parish is flaunting his attendance at a drag show in August. Monsignor Henry Gracz, the pastor of the heavily pro-homosexual Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Atlanta, posted on his Facebook that he attended a drag performance at "Lips" on Aug. 1. The same month, Abp. Wilton Gregory appointed Gracz "spiritual director" to sex abuse victims despite the fact he is unapologetically pro-homosexual. In June 2017, Gracz allowed Sr. Jeannine Gramick and Francis DeBernardo from the dissident New Ways Ministry to speak at the Shrine...

ATLANTA (ChurchMilitant.com) - Celebrity Jesuit Fr. James Martin is heading to Georgia, courtesy of pro-gay Abp. Wilton Gregory of Atlanta, Georgia. On Friday, Martin announced on Twitter that Abp. Gregory has invited him to speak in October at two Atlanta-area locations. "Archbishop Wilton Gregory of Atlanta has graciously invited me to his archdiocese to speak," Martin tweeted, "so I will be speaking at St. Thomas More Parish (the Jesuit parish) on Sat. Oct 20 and at the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception on the morning of Sun. Oct 21." Gregory's personal invitation comes as no surprise to faithful Catholics, as...

Are The Sodomites In Control? No help from Rome - The Vatican is the problem By Stephen Brady A "doctor" who obtained his degree and license to practice medicine by theft, blackmail and deception is not really a doctor despite the fact that he can legally practice medicine. A Catholic bishop is no different in my opinion. If he reached his position in life with lies, deception, blackmail, and/or sexual favors, he may legally be able to run the diocese but he is not a prince of the Church. We must expose the perverts who parade as bishops. The following...

HOME | ABOUT US | PRESS | EVENTS | PEOPLE | ISSUES | NEWSLETTER | CONTACT US | SEARCH Wilton Gregory appointee and program coordinator for the Secretariat for African-American Catholics at the USCCB caught moonlighting as administrator of the "Catholics For Kerry" internet newsgroup 2/24/2004 9:08:00 PM By Deal Hudson - Crisis Newsletter USCCB Pres. Wilton Gregory: Part of the solution, or part of the problem?   Pro-abortion Catholic John Kerry: No concerns about USCCB staffers working on his campaign In the February issue of CRISIS, we ran an article on the United tates Conference of Catholic Bishops...

Bishop Gregory deplores Supreme Court decision on sodomy laws WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Because it reduces respect for human sexuality and the family, the Supreme Court's June 26 decision overturning state laws that made sodomy between consenting adults illegal "is to be deplored," said the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. Bishop Wilton D. Gregory of Belleville, Ill., said in a statement dated June 27 that the Supreme Court in its Lawrence vs. Texas decision chose "to view homosexual behavior between consenting adults as a matter of privacy." "However, human sexuality cannot be viewed this way," he said. "Sexual...

  Presidential AddressBishop Wilton D. Gregory,Bishop of Belleville Washington D.C. – November 11, 2002The Bishop as God's Agentof Genuine Comfort"Comfort, give comfort to my people, says your God" My Brother Bishops, My Sisters and Brothers in Christ, In a few short weeks during the Season of Advent, we shall listen again to the opening words of the 40th Chapter of the Book of Isaiah. The prophet is speaking in the name of God to the people of Israel who have long been in exile in Babylon. The Israelites are broken and afraid; they are dispirited and uncertain of their...

<p>Prelate Wilton Gregory is more identified with reform than anyone else at the top of America's Catholic hierarchy. The question is how - and if - this prudent insider will use his power to buck the system.</p> <p>This is the way the weather comes. The dust rises. The grass waves. The corn shivers, and the trees shake. The sky lowers and it almost seems suspended on the quivering treetops, and then the weather arrives, all at once: rain and thunder, and lightning striking down in jagged veins until you can smell the ozone burning like a great unbridled fire at the heart of the sky. This is the way the weather comes, swift and sudden, its momentum ceaseless and inexorable, hammering down on the barns and bean fields of southern Illinois, down on the city of Belleville, thrumming off the copper roof of the cathedral from every direction that the wind can bring it down.</p>