VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Pope Leo XIV tapped Bishop Ronald A. Hicks of Joliet, Illinois, to lead the influential Archdiocese of ...
Pope Leo XIV on Thursday made his most important U.S. appointment to date, naming a fellow Chicagoan as the next archbishop ...
Pope Leo XIV is expected to accept the formal resignation of Cardinal Timothy Dolan, and we could find out who will replace ...
The pope's choice signals continuity with his own pastoral vision — and entrusts one of the church’s most powerful dioceses ...
In naming Bishop Hicks for this high-profile post, Pope Leo chose a man whom he already knew; they met in 2024 when the ...
This undated photograph shows a young Pope Francis, then Jorge Bergoglio, with his family. Back row, from left: his brother ...
In fact, the Wikimedia Foundation announced Dec. 2 that "Deaths in 2025" -- an entry that includes Pope Francis -- was their ...
The appointment of Bishop Ronald A. Hicks is expected to bring a markedly different leadership style to New York’s ...
Pope Leo XIV urged concrete acts of charity and solidarity in a world marked by conflict as he met with the committee that ...