This archbishop has become the first African American cardinal in Catholic history
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Rome (CNN) For the past week, Archbishop Wilton Gregory of Washington, DC, was holed up in a Vatican guesthouse, receiving meals at his door.On Saturday, Gregory stepped out of his quarters and into history, becoming the Catholic Church's first African American cardinal during an installation ceremony in Rome.
Gregory was one of 13 men -- and the only American -- elevated to the College of Cardinals during Saturday's ceremony. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, two of the bishops were not in Rome for the ceremony, another first in church history, according to Vatican News.
In keeping with the Pope's concerns for Catholics who have been historically marginalized, the other new cardinals include men from Rwanda, Brunei, Chile and the Philippines.
Gregory, 72, already the highest-ranking African-American Catholic in US history, told CNN this week that he has been praying, writing "It's been a time to thank God for this unique moment in my life and in the life of the church in the United States," Gregory said. "I hope it's a sign to the African American community that the Catholic Church has a great reverence, respect and esteem for the people, for my people of color."
As a Cardinal, Gregory will be one of the Pope's closest advisers and one of only 120 or so men who will elect the next pontiff. Before Francis chose Gregory as Archbishop of Washington last year, he also served as a bishop in Belleville, Illinois, and in Atlanta. He was born in Chicago to parents who were not Catholic, but converted to Catholicism while attending a parochial school.
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In fact the largest Basilica in the world is sitting in Côte d'ivoire (I remember all the hullaboo about spending all that money constructing that in the middle of nowhere) and there is a black African Cardinal there. 
(Cardinal Jean-Pierre Kutwa)
(The Basilica of Our Lady of Peace of Yamoussoukro)
...am Episcopal, but the liturgies are similar and no Pope worship!
(stone masons, woodworkers, painters, metalworkers, etc.) 
Some of the artwork is pretty extraordinary in them including the stained glass.
Talk about a building that was cavernous but the intricate woodwork inside and the exterior masonry, is pretty amazing! 
Or even considered applying his philosophy? 
I expect many theologians read the works of other religious figures as part of their schooling. And Elijah Muhammad established the Nation of Islam right there in Chicago where Gregory was born and raised, so he would have been aware of that whole sect.
Malcolm X has unfortunately become a polarizing figure who needs to be discussed in context. My mother had the Autobiography of Malcolm X in our household bought when it came out in the '60s and 30-some years ago I delved into the Koran, but I haven't converted, However I'm also not a theologian by profession and interpret your remark as a suggestion that he either advocates for black nationalism or applies principals of Islam into his discourse as a Catholic.
Islam came out of Christianity that came out of Judaism, so they are all part of the same "family", except that Islam had the writings of the Prophet Muhammad readily available vs the stitched together and continually revised writings of Christianity.
