Pope Francis on Sunday named his first batch of cardinals, choosing 19 men from Asia, Africa, and elsewhere, including Haiti and Burkino Faso, to reflect his attention to the poor. Francis made the ...

Pope Francis presided over a ceremony Saturday to create 21 new cardinals, including key figures at the Vatican and in the field who will help enact his reforms and cement his legacy as he enters a ...

The appointment came a day after Leo named 58-year-old Bishop Ronald Hicks to succeed the retiring Cardinal Timothy Dolan as ...

Anticipation gripped the Catholic world Thursday as the cardinals tasked with choosing a new pope prepared for their second ...

Pope Leo has accepted Carinal Timothy Dolan's resignation Dec. 18 and announced a replacement for the Archdiocese of New York.

Pope Leo XIV has made a key US appointment, naming Bishop Ronald Hicks as the new archbishop of New York. The fellow ...

One of the big stories of the past week was that there is a consistory in the offing for early 2026. Scheduled for Jan. 7-8, 2026, the gathering is not for the creation of new cardinals, but to give ...

Pope Leo XIV has made a significant U.S. appointment by naming Bishop Ronald Hicks as the next archbishop of New York ...

Pope Leo XIV is planning to convene an extraordinary consistory of cardinals in early January, the theme of which is not yet known. In a brief communication sent to cardinals on Nov. 6 and obtained by ...

Chicago native Bishop Ronald Hicks, head of the Joliet, Illinois, diocese, has been chosen by fellow Chicago native Pope Leo ...