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

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

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

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

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

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

We must refine our evangelization efforts, catechesis, and social-justice teaching to ensure that our people fully understand that religious formatio…

- 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

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