The first African American to be named a cardinal in the United States, Wilton Daniel Gregory is seen as a figure of renewal ...

The announcement: After a new pope is chosen, a senior cardinal steps onto a balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica and proclaims ...

ATLANTA — Members of the Atlanta Archdiocese joined people around the world watching the Papal Conclave unfold in Vatican ...

Cardinal Wilton Gregory will join the Vatican conclave, marking a historic first for African-American leadership in the ...

Cardinal Wilton Gregory, Archbishop of Washington, is emerging as a historic contender for the papacy. Could the first American Pope be African-American? It’s a question that has gained traction in ...

The United States is home to 10 of the 133 cardinals eligible to vote for the next pope. That's more than any other nation ...

Two of the 10 U.S. cardinals participating in the conclave to elect a new pope are from the tristate area: Cardinal Timothy ...

The first African American cardinal in the U.S., who began his Catholic journey on Chicago's South Side, will be there for ...

The next pope is unlikely to hail from the U.S., but here are three possible outliers who could be a factor when the College ...

Two are retired archbishops: Daniel DiNardo of Galveston-Houston and Wilton Gregory of Washington ... made him the first Black cardinal from the U.S. in 2020. Gregory, 77, retired this year ...

ATLANTA — As the Catholic Church prepares to select its next pope, Cardinal Wilton Gregory—the former archbishop for Atlanta's archdiocese—is playing a key role in this historic moment.