ROME—Pope Francis said Sunday that he would raise 13 men to the rank of cardinal, including Archbishop Wilton Gregory of Washington, D.C., who will become the first Black American to receive the ...

Pope Francis has named Atlanta Archbishop Wilton Gregory as the new archbishop of Washington D.C., choosing a moderate, and the first African-American, to lead the archdiocese that has become the ...

Pope names Wilton Gregory as America's 1st African American cardinal The archbishop of Washington, D.C., will become the highest-ranking African American prelate in the nation.

Pope Francis named 13 new cardinals Sunday, Wilton Gregory among them. The Pope said a ceremony will be held Nov. 28 to confirm the appointments.

ROME — Pope Francis will elevate Archbishop Wilton Gregory of Washington to cardinal next month, making him the first African American to hold the title.

Cardinal Wilton Gregory said that Pope Francis has made it difficult for Americans to be comfortable with just one aspect of Catholic Social Teaching—“you’ve got to have them all.” ...

Wilton Daniel Gregory, the progressive 72-year-old Archbishop of Washington DC, will be one of them. The cardinals will be installed in a ceremony at the Vatican on 28 November.

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) - It's an historic appointment for the U.S. Catholic Church. Pope Francis has named a Black bishop to the powerful College of Cardinals. Wilton Gregory of Washington, D.C ...

Washington, D.C., Archbishop Wilton Gregory, who was among 13 new cardinals named by Pope Francis, will become the first Black U.S. prelate to earn the rank.

Pope Francis on Sunday named the archbishop of Washington, Wilton Gregory, a cardinal, making him the first African American to hold the position in the Catholic church's highest governing body.

Archbishop Wilton Gregory will be the first Black American to hold the rank of cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church on Saturday, when he officially becomes a member of the College of Cardinals.