Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory Archives

Respect, understanding can defeat racism, bigotry, Archbishop Gregory says
- Jul 2, 2020
While America grapples with racism and bigotry and other social ills, Washington Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory said people must reach out to one another, learn about others different from themselves and rediscover that all religions teach that hatred is wrong.

By Richard Szczepanowski
Black Catholics: Words not enough as church decries racism
- Jun 21, 2020
Black Catholics are hearing their church’s leaders calling for racial justice once again after the killing of George Floyd, but this time they’re demanding not just words but action.

By David Crary
Detroit archdiocese responds to derogatory attacks on Washington archbishop
- Jun 16, 2020
Archbishop Allen H. Vigneron and the Archdiocese of Detroit in a June 11 statement condemned “racist and derogatory” language used by a fringe organization located in the archdiocese that bills itself as Catholic and posted a video calling the archbishop of Washington an “African Queen,” saying he is an “accused homosexual.”

By Rhina Guidos

Investigations find no ‘credible evidence’ of improprieties by shrine rector

Jun 13, 2020

An investigation into allegations of “sexual impropriety” by Msgr. Walter R. Rossi, rector of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, found no “credible evidence” of such misconduct, said Bishop Joseph C. Bambera of Scranton, Pennsylvania, in a June 12 statement.

By Catholic News Service

With safety precautions, joyful spirit, Masses resume at Maryland church

Jun 2, 2020

About two and one-half months after public Masses were halted due to safety precautions against the spread of the coronavirus, parishioners came home to Mass on Pentecost Sunday, May 31, in a country church that many consider home, Our Lady of the Wayside in Chaptico, in the Archdiocese of Washington.

By Mark Zimmermann, CNS