Peace is ‘a gift more valuable than those you can buy in stores,’ the Holy Father told young people, adding that peace ‘transforms us as witnesses of Jesus, the Redeemer of the world.’

Pope Leo has appointed Bishop Ronald Hicks to replace Cardinal Timothy Dolan, a friend of President Donald Trump who has served in the position since 2009, as New York’s newest archbishop, a major shake-up in the country’s Catholic leadership that appears to continue the pontiff’s pushback against Trump’s aggressive immigration crackdown.

A longtime local priest has been appointed by Pope Leo XIV to a new leadership role. Customers should check with their local restaurant for holiday hours. Will Bryce Eldridge be in the Opening Day lineup?

Leo emphasizes that the small book by Brother Lawrence places at the center not merely the experience but a true 'practice' of the presence of God, lived in everyday life.

Earlier on Thursday, Dolan introduced the 58-year-old Hicks at a news conference at St. Patrick's, saying, "St. Nicholas has left us an early Christmas gift in the appointment by Pope Leo XIV of our new archbishop, Ronald Hicks."

Pope Leo on Friday named Bishop Richard Moth as the new Archbishop of Westminster, the most prominent Catholic figure in England and Wales.

As archbishop, Ronald Hicks will lead the second-largest U.S. archdiocese.

Pope Leo, a Chicago native, has appointed Bishop Ronald Hicks of Joliet, Illinois, as the next archbishop of New York. Hicks will succeed Cardinal Dolan, who is retiring.

John Prevost spoke with the National Catholic Reporter about his brother, the first Pope to have been born in the United States. Prevost discussed his brother's, formerly known as Robert Prevost, time as a missionary in Peru, as well as his transition into the papacy.