A longtime ally of Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich, Joliet Bishop Ronald Hicks has been selected to oversee the second-largest ...

Bishop Ronald Hicks, 58, will succeed Cardinal Timothy Dolan, who has led New York, the second-largest U.S. archdiocese by ...

Bishop Ronald Hicks of Illinois faces the challenge of following the Catholic Church’s most visible American spokesman.

Pope Leo XIV named Bishop Ronald A. Hicks of Joliet as New York's new archbishop, ending Cardinal Timothy Dolan's 16-year ...

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

Pope Leo XIV’s profile is among the most viewed pages on the digital encyclopedia Wikipedia and was one of the most searched ...

Artificial intelligence can be used to help people connect with God though it's important not to become overly reliant on the ...

In fact, the Wikimedia Foundation announced Dec. 2 that "Deaths in 2025" -- an entry that includes Pope Francis -- was their ...

Pope Leo XIV arrived in Lebanon on Sunday, opening the second half of his first international trip as pontiff after three days in Turkey marked by calls for unity, peace and renewed ties among ...

The minute sports fans found out there was a new American pope and he’d been born in Chicago, every American sports fan had one thought: was he a Cubs or White Sox fan? Soon, news emerged that he was ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Pope Leo XIV, on his international debut, urgently called for peace in the war-torn Middle East. Lebanon is ...

The pope said we have an obligation to promote in every place "a society established on new criteria, and ultimately on charity." ...