Archbishop Wilton Gregory at a Mass celebrated at the Capital One Arena before the 2020 March for Life.

Peter Zelasko
Archbishop Wilton Gregory at a Mass celebrated at the Capital One Arena before the 2020 March for Life.

While Archbishop Gregory has every proper right to “dialogue” with an individual Catholic in his diocese, it is less clear that the Archbishop of Washington is ex officio empowered to bargain with the head of state on behalf of the Church across the country.