There are many serious and knotty issues that I must face each day, but the Pope Francis reminds me by his example and his words that Christ has alre…

- Wilton Daniel Gregory

Pope Francis has helped me to focus once again on the joy in my pastoral ministry. He has challenged me genuinely to believe that the Gospel is and s…

- Wilton Daniel Gregory

There was unusual unanimity on our pastoral responsibility to care for the immigrants in our midst no matter their country of origin or religious aff…

- Wilton Daniel Gregory

If those who voice opposition to Pope Francis and the direction in which he is leading the church come from other nations but their statements are pu…

- Wilton Daniel Gregory

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 and pub…

- Wilton Daniel Gregory

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 and then as h…

- Wilton Daniel Gregory

Like any other spiritual transformation or renewal, conversion must begin with an honest and a sincere admission that we need God's trans-formative p…

- Wilton Daniel Gregory

Each one of us must ask how we contribute to the racist climate that seems only to grow stronger in spite of our best efforts at legislative and soci…

- Wilton Daniel Gregory

Many priests say that retirement is more identified with freedom from meetings, budgets, personnel conflicts, and "dealing with the Chancery." Even a…

- Wilton Daniel Gregory