During his 14 years as archbishop of Atlanta, Wilton Gregory – appointed the new Archbishop of Washington on April 4 – would certainly have crossed paths with former American president Jimmy Carter. Atlanta is the home of the Carter Center, seat of his post-presidential activities. It’s possible that in whatever conversations they had, the elder statesman spoke about the challenge of restoring trust between the people and their leaders, the challenge Carter faced when he moved from Georgia to a scandal-plagued national capital.