Updated at 2:24 p.m. ET
Catholics in the United States will get their first African-American cardinal next month. In a surprise announcement Sunday from his window overlooking St. Peter’s Square, Pope Francis named Wilton Gregory, the archbishop of Washington, D.C., among 13 new cardinals.
Gregory will be elevated to the position in a ceremony at the Vatican on Nov. 28.
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