We must remind our people that a great majority of Catholics including their own families were once themselves immigrants forced to endure the nativist bigotry of earlier generations who spoke about Catholics with the same disparaging vitriol being hurled at… — Wilton Daniel Gregory Copy Share Image
In one sense, no act of reparation will be satisfactory for those whose lives were so under-valued both as human beings held in slavery… — Wilton Daniel Gregory Copy Share Image
There are many serious and knotty issues that I must face each day, but the Pope Francis reminds me by his example and his… — Wilton Daniel Gregory Copy Share Image
Each one of us must ask how we contribute to the racist climate that seems only to grow stronger in spite of our best… — Wilton Daniel Gregory Copy Share Image
We must refine our evangelization efforts, catechesis, and social-justice teaching to ensure that our people fully understand that religious formation and principles can never… — Wilton Daniel Gregory Copy Share Image
There was unusual unanimity on our pastoral responsibility to care for the immigrants in our midst no matter their country of origin or religious… — Wilton Daniel Gregory Copy Share Image
If those who voice opposition to Pope Francis and the direction in which he is leading the church come from other nations but their… — Wilton Daniel Gregory Copy Share Image
We must remind our people that a great majority of Catholics including their own families were once themselves immigrants forced to endure the nativist… — Wilton Daniel Gregory Copy Share Image
For better or worse, the United States enjoys the lion's share of public and media attention. We influence much of the conversation on social… — Wilton Daniel Gregory Copy Share Image
I have to try to remind people on both sides of the barque of Peter that there is room for us all and that… — Wilton Daniel Gregory Copy Share Image
Many priests say that retirement is more identified with freedom from meetings, budgets, personnel conflicts, and "dealing with the Chancery." Even as I struggled… — Wilton Daniel Gregory Copy Share Image
Pope Francis has helped me to focus once again on the joy in my pastoral ministry. He has challenged me genuinely to believe that… — Wilton Daniel Gregory Copy Share Image
Like any other spiritual transformation or renewal, conversion must begin with an honest and a sincere admission that we need God's trans-formative power in… — Wilton Daniel Gregory Copy Share Image
