Abp. Wilton Gregory of Washington, D.C.
Posted on 06/16/2020 6:51:30 PM PDT by ebb tide
Abp. Wilton Gregory of Washington, D.C.
PETITION: Ask Archbishop Gregory to apologize to President Trump and the Knights of Columbus! Sign the petition here.
June 16, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — After less than only two weeks, LifeSite’s petition asking Washington’s Archbishop Wilton Gregory to apologize to President Trump and the Knights of Columbus has already attracted nearly 35,000 signatures.
“Catholics are disappointed in their leadership,” said Scott Schittl, one of LifeSite’s campaign coordinators. “They are calling on Archbishop Gregory to encourage prayer, not with divisive remarks but with welcoming, inclusive statements and gestures.”
The petition asks Archbishop Gregory to offer President Trump and the Knights of Columbus an apology for, and withdraw, the remarks he made about a pre-arranged presidential visit to the National Shrine of Pope St. John Paul II, which is maintained by the Knights of Columbus.
Using unusually caustic and unwelcoming remarks, Gregory called the president’s visit “baffling and reprehensible.”
He went on to suggest that the Shrine and the Knights of Columbus allowed themselves to be “egregiously misused and manipulated” by the president.
But, to dispel some of the archbishop’s misapprehension of events, the Knights released their own statement about the presidential visit, which was far more gracious in tone:
This [President Trump’s visit] was fitting given St. John Paul II was a tireless advocate of religious liberty throughout his pontificate. International religious freedom receives widespread bipartisan support, including unanimous passage of legislation in defense of persecuted Christians and religious minorities around the world.
Indeed, it was especially fitting, given that President Trump had just signed a new executive order on religious freedom just a few days before his visit to the Shrine.
In the current atmosphere, where tensions are running high, the need for reconciliation and unity on the matter of prayer and the benefit to be gained from visiting holy sites, as well as extolling the virtues of Pope St. John Paul II, who was a strong defender of human rights, should be encouraged.
“Catholics and Christians are clamoring for our spiritual leaders to lead, and not resort to the same type of political point-scoring as our secular politicians,” said Schittl. “Catholics are calling on the archbishop to extend the hand of friendship and seek recourse in prayer, wishing the best for the president and the first lady.”
As no words of reconciliation are yet forthcoming from Archbishop Gregory, this petition remains active. If you haven’t yet signed, please consider signing and sharing with your like-minded family, friends, and colleagues.
Please CLICK HERE to read and sign the petition. Thank you!
I find that attitude a form of papalolotry.
Past Grand Knight here, signed and sent.
i don’t want a fake apology, they’re worthless
To expand congregations as well as the reach of his organizing program, Mr. Obama went to Holy Ghost Catholic Church in South Holland, Ill., to ask Wilton D. Gregory, an African-American bishop and a rising star in the hierarchy, for a grant for operating costs. Archbishop Gregory, who now leads the Archdiocese of Atlanta, recalled Mr. Obama as a persuasive man who “wanted to engage the people of the neighborhood.” He recommended that Cardinal Bernardin release the funds.
If you go to the site they want a donation
Who really gives a crap what this asshole says!!!!
What is the point of this petition? It’s not really a plea for any action because everyone knows it will be ignored. It’s not a large enough group to be an impact, it will not influence mainstream Catholics, nor the hierarchy.
All an online petition does is make a small group of people look like the stereotype of trads - inflammatory, angry, self-righteous, reactionary. It reinforces the worst petty attitudes.
LifeSite News puts up a petition for all sorts of things. It’s a way to draw readership, get attention and make you feel like you did something powerful by signing.
Why not perform an act of charity or kindness instead and offer it up? That might make a real difference.
Trying to reform Gregory by secular means like petitions is sheer vanity.
There you go again, complaining about trads this and trads that, all the while claiming to be a trad yourself.
Do you also have a problem with the dubia cardinals, because they were a small group, not a large enough group to be an impact, that did not influence mainstream Catholics, nor the hierarchy?
If you don't like the petition, don't sign it.
But quit your bitching. Speaking of petty attitudes, sheesh.
Well, I highly recommend you invest a few minutes to learn more about the man you are defending, including his sordid history with Obama and the disgraced Cardinal Bernadin.
And who do think is trying to "burn down the church"?
I said these actions increase the STEREOTYPE of trads, not that those are trad characteristics. I notice you did not answer, what does this petition accomplish?
Many bishops are unjustly attacked and deserve at least a benefit of the doubt. However, Wilting Gregory is not one of them. He is clearly a secular prince in bishop’s clothing.
That was a Pisky Church not a Catholic Church. but the irony still applies.
What did the dubia accomplish?
What did the Battle of Hattin accomplish?
What did the Holy Maccabee Martyrs accomplish?
Oh brother, you are comparing those to a formulaic online petition?
Do you not realize that it is you who is doing the stereotyping with your posts?
Answer the question: What did they accomplish?
Either answer or stop your bitching.
How many signatures to defrock or whatever they do to get rid of an Archbishop.
Silly question. The same amount it takes to get rid of a pope.
And where did the petition call for a defrocking? You're really grasping at straws now.
How about giving it a rest?
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