Bishop Ronald Hicks has been an acolyte of Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich, and is one of the pope's first major U.S. appointments since being elected as worldwide leader of the Catholic church following the death of Pope Francis.

Pope Leo XIV has named Bishop Ronald Hicks of Joliet, Illinois, to succeed retiring Timothy Cardinal Dolan as archbishop of New York.Dolan was named Archbishop of New York by Pope Benedict XVI in 2009 and led the archdiocese for 16 years.

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.

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.

As the “best outfit of 2025,” the magazine cites his first appearance as pope on May 8 in the central loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica, wearing a red satin mozzetta and a wine-colored stole, embroidered in gold and with a pectoral cross held by a golden silk cord.

Pope Leo XIV offered prayers and condemned "antisemitic violence" following a shooting at a Hanukkah celebration in Sydney killed 15 victims.

Father Joseph Farrell, one of Pope Leo XIV’s closest friends and newly-elected leader of the Augustinian Order, joins TODAY to discuss how the first-ever American pope is preparing for his first Christmas at the Vatican.

Pope Leo XIV on Sunday presided over the final major celebration of the Holy Year, calling for renewed commitment to justice, rehabilitation, and hope as he celebrated a Jubilee Mass dedicated to prisoners in St.