Pope Leo XIV has appointed the Rev. Manuel de Jesús Rodríguez, a native of the Dominican Republic, to succeed Bishop Gerald ...

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said a plan for religious worker visas would avoid giving preference to one denomination ...

Rodriguez was born in the Dominican Republic and ordained to the priesthood in 2004, in the capital, Santo Domingo. He led ...

Many people, including Catholics, look on the archbishop of New York as the leader of the U.S. Catholic Church. With this appointment, the pope has picked an archbishop who could lead the archdiocese ...

Originally from Chicago, Bishop Ronald Hicks of Joliet has experience as a seminary formator and as a missionary in El ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV on Thursday made his most important U.S. appointment to date, naming a fellow Chicagoan as the ...

The newly named pro-migrant archbishop of New York called himself an "unworthy servant" during his first Mass in the city ...

Pope Leo XIV has accepted the resignation of Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York and named as his successor Bishop Ronald A ...

Pope Leo XIV has chosen Bishop Ronald Hicks as the next Archbishop of New York, a fellow Chicagoan who joined a chorus of Catholic bishops in criticizing the immigration raids by President Donald ...

In one of the most anticipated U.S. episcopal appointments of his pontificate so far, Pope Leo XIV has accepted the ...

Vatican accepts Cardinal Dolan resignation as New York archbishop, naming Ronald Hicks as successor to lead the archdiocese ...