When Archbishop Ronald Hicks is installed in the Archdiocese of New York at St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Feb. 6, it will mark the second time this year that a native of a Chicago suburb has been chosen to hold a prominent position in the Catholic Church.
Archbishop Ronald Hicks of Illinois will take over as the 11th archbishop of New York early in 2026.
Pope Leo XIV has tapped Bishop Ronald Hicks of Joliet, Illinois, to replace Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York.
Close to 800 young men from the Archdiocese of New York have responded to a call for interest in the priestly life, according to the archdiocese’s director of vocations.
Faced with declining numbers of vocations, the Archdiocese of New York started a new initiative, Called by Name, in which parishioners were asked to nominate men they think would make good priests.
Catholics in the Diocese of Brooklyn, the Archdiocese of New York and the Diocese of Rockville Centre will have the opportunity to become closer to God if they go to a church to confess their sins on April 14 — the day known as Reconciliation Monday.
A diverted trip, a grounded flight and an unexpected stay in Canada showed that “Jesus … is in charge, not us,” said Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York in a Feb. 15 homily.
The Seminary of the Immaculate Conception, which trained generations of men for the priesthood until 2012, is planning to sell most of its property on Long Island to help the Diocese of Rockville Centre alleviate financial burdens after it declared bankruptcy four years ago.
Almost halfway across the Brooklyn Bridge toward Manhattan on May 26, “amazing” was the only word Riya D’Souza-Pereira could come up with to describe the scene around her of the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage.
Two days after St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City was filled with mourners for an irreverent “homecoming” funeral for a prominent activist who identified as transgender, the cathedral’s rector acknowledged that many people “have let us know they share our outrage over the scandalous behavior” that took place at the service.
