Pope Leo XIV names fellow Chicagoan, Bishop Ronald Hicks
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Pope Leo XIV enjoyed a special Christmas concert this week dedicated to him by students of the Paul VI Pontifical School in Castel Gandolfo.
As he gears up for his first Christmas as leader of the world's Catholics, Pope Leo XIV is starting to show more noticeable differences in leadership style with his predecessor Francis.Robert Francis Prevost became the first US pope on May 8 and has so far differed little from his Argentine predecessor in terms of substance.
Pope Leo XIV has appointed San Diego Auxiliary Bishop Ramón Bejarano as the next bishop of the Diocese of Monterey, the Vatican announced this week. Bejarano, 56, has served as an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of San Diego and as titular bishop of Carpi since 2020, according to the Diocese of San Diego’s website.
Prevost said he returned to the Catholic Church after years of struggling to find his place, since he believed the sins he had to confess were too jarring for the average priest to handle.
Pope Leo XIV warned against the destructive spiral fueled by the arms race and the development of autonomous weapons.
Pope Leo XIV has replaced President Donald Trump's ally and conservative Cardinal Timothy Dolan with a pro-migrant leader and fellow Chicagoan. Ronald Hicks, 52, who is the current bishop of Joliet, Illinois,
Pope Leo XIV insisted Thursday that peace was not only possible but necessary, as he blasted the “irrationality” of nuclear deterrence and the weaponization of faith in modern political discourse. Leo made the comments in his first peace message,