Archbishop Wilton Gregory becomes the first Black American Cardinal in the Catholic church's history. Archbishop Gregory was born and raised in Chicago and ordained a priest in 1973. A product of the Englewood neighborhood, he grew up in a family that was not Catholic. They converted to Catholicism while in Catholic School. He attended Quigley … Continued

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