First Black American cardinal is outspoken civil rights advocate

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Wilton Gregory, the first African American to be named as cardinal and known as a refined diplomat, made headlines when he blasted President Donald Trump’s photo opportunity hoisting a Bible at a Washington church after police used tear gas to clear demonstrators in June.

Gregory, who was among 13 new cardinals named by Pope Francis on Sunday, was installed as the first Black archbishop of Washington, D.C. in 2019. He turns 73 just days after the naming ceremony for new cardinals next month.

In June, he blasted Trump’s visit to a Washington shrine honoring Pope John Paul II, a day after police and armed soldiers used tear gas and rubber bullets to clear protesters so Trump could be photographed in front of a historic Washington church holding up a Bible. Leading Catholic organizations cheered the choice and noted Pope Francis was sending a clear message “in the midst of our nation’s reckoning in systemic racism, as millions assert that Black Lives Matter,” said Johnny Zokovitch, executive director of Pax Christi USA, a national Catholic peace and justice organization based in Washington, D.C.

 

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Blacks already have equal rights lol

Definitely won't be invited to an Al Smith dinner if he has true Christian values.

Don't let the other Princes of the Chruch shut you up, Sir !!! Keep fighting the Lord's (and this Pope's) fight.

Why does it matter that he's black. We are human being too not aliens from outer space.

Imagine where we would be with basic human rights and equality if it wasn't for the Catholic church.

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Catholic Church is going to hell with Gesuitic's Bergoglio at wheel. Shame on him.

And also a left wing trump hater. Said from a Catholic!

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