The pope's choice signals continuity with his own pastoral vision — and entrusts one of the church’s most powerful dioceses ...

Bishop Ronald Hicks, the current bishop of Joliet, Ill., replaces the retiring Cardinal Timothy Dolan, a prominent ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Pope Leo XIV tapped Bishop Ronald A. Hicks of Joliet, Illinois, to lead the influential Archdiocese of ...

Pope Leo XIV appointed Bishop Ronald Hicks as the next archbishop of New York after accepting the formal resignation of ...

News of Cardinal Timothy Dolan's replacement marked one of the most important appointments from Pope Leo XIV so far, but why ...

The Archdiocese of New York has a new leader. Pope Leo XIV on Thursday made his most important U.S. appointment to date, ...

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 ...

After being appointed archbishop of New York, Timothy Dolan went on to become one of the most influential leaders in the ...

The appointment of Bishop Ronald A. Hicks is expected to bring a markedly different leadership style to New York’s ...

Pope Leo XIV says peace is not only possible but necessary. In his first peace message issued Thursday, Leo blasted the ...

Pope Leo XIV urged concrete acts of charity and solidarity in a world marked by conflict as he met with the committee that ...