There's yet to be confirmation from official church sources, including Hicks who, like Pope Leo XIV, hails from Chicago's ...

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

In 2018, German artist Michael Triegel asked a homeless man in Rome to pose for a drawing, thinking that he would make an ideal model for St. Peter if he ever needed to paint the first pope.

After serving 14 years in New York's Archdiocese, Cardinal Timothy Dolan will reportedly be resigning ahead of Christmas.

Cardinal Timothy Dolan is expected to step down as archbishop of New York after reaching the Catholic Church’s mandatory ...

Bishop Hicks has a diverse and impressive skillset. But how will his Midwestern sensibilities fare in the Big Apple?

Bishop Ronald Hicks of Joliet, Ill., has reportedly been tapped to serve as the next archbishop of New York, replacing ...

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

In his papal bull proclaiming the Jubilee Year, the late Pope Francis emphasized the theme of hope, a much-needed virtue in a ...

Bishop Ronald Hicks could replace Cardinal Timothy Dolan as New York archbishop after Pope Leo XIV accepts Dolan's mandatory ...