Pope Francis Names Wilton Gregory as First Black American Cardinal

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Pope Francis Names Wilton Gregory as First Black American Cardinal
Archbishop of Washington, D.C., will be the first American cardinal named since 2016

Archbishop Gregory became the first Black prelate to lead Catholics in Washington, D.C., when he succeed Cardinal Donald Wuerl in 2019.
Pope Francis said Sunday that he would raise 13 men to the rank of cardinal, including Archbishop Wilton Gregory of Washington, D.C., who will become the first Black American to receive the honor.

Cardinal-designate Gregory’s promotion reinforces his standing as a major Black American leader at a time when the U.S. is debating the legacy of historic racism and many across the country have demonstrated for racial justice.

He will be the first American cardinal named since 2016, when the pope elevated Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago, Cardinal Joseph Tobin of Newark and Cardinal Kevin Farrell, head of the Vatican office for family issues.
The pope made the announcement from a window overlooking St. Peter’s Square, following his customary recitation of the noon Angelus prayer. He said he would make the men cardinals in a ceremony called a consistory on Nov. 28.
With a very grateful and humble heart, I thank Pope Francis for this appointment which will allow me to work more closely with him in caring for Christ’s Church,” Archbishop Gregory said in a statement Sunday.

The archbishop became the first Black man to lead Catholics in Washington, D.C.,

Although Pope Francis has named relatively few U.S. cardinals since his election in 2013, repeatedly passing over the traditional “red hat” sees of Los Angeles and Philadelphia, the U.S. remains statistically overrepresented in the College of Cardinals. Americans make up less than 6% of the world’s Catholic population of 1.3 billion but will make up almost 12% of the body that will choose the next pope.

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