Pope Leo appointed a relatively unknown cleric from Illinois, Bishop Ronald Hicks, to replace Dolan as leader of the nation's ...

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

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Timothy Cardinal Dolan is retiring after 16 years at the Archdiocese of New York, leaving behind a dual legacy of both compassion and fierce devotion to church teachings.

From St. Patrick’s Cathedral to the White House to Fox News, he comfortably inhabited many spheres of influence.

Cardinal Dolan, who turned 75 last February, reportedly submitted his resignation as required under church law, though Pope ...

Multiple news reports indicated that Pope Leo XIV had chosen Bishop Ronald Hicks, 58, of the Diocese of Joliet, Illinois — ...

The consistory, as such gatherings are called, will be held Jan. 7-8, immediately following the Jan. 6 conclusion of the 2025 ...

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, arrived in Gaza City on Dec. 19 for a pastoral visit to Holy ...

The top Catholic leader in the Holy Land visited the Gaza Strip’s only Catholic church and celebrated a pre-Christmas mass ...

The most senior Catholic cleric in the Holy Land urged Palestinians “not just to survive” but to “rebuild life” in Gaza as he led Christmas Mass there on Sunday, against the backdrop of apocalyptic ...

Cardinal José Cobo, Archbishop of Madrid, has said it is “likely” that Pope Leo XIV will visit Spain next year in a trip that ...