SPRINGFIELD — Timothy A. McDonnell, retired bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield, announced that an “untreatable cancer is spreading within me” and says he has moved to hospice care ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Hundreds of worshipers packed into the Cathedral Parish of Saint Patrick in Harrisburg on Christmas Eve to celebrate Christmas, along with the millions of Christians celebrating ...

Ada Koenig White passed away on December 16, 2025, at the age of 86. Born in Lubbock, Texas, to Ralph and Lee Nora Koenig, her family later moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma, and eventually settled in ...

Timothy Cardinal Dolan shared a warm embrace with his successor, Bishop Ronald Hicks, at St. Patrick’s Cathedral Thursday as the New York archbishop’s 16-year tenure came to an end. Dolan, 75, made ...

Pope Leo XIV has appointed a bishop from Illinois as the new leader of New York’s Catholic archdiocese, succeeding conservative Cardinal Timothy Dolan, who is retiring. Leo named Bishop Ronald Hicks, ...

Pope Leo has appointed fellow Chicago native Bishop Ronald Hicks, head of the Joliet, Illinois, diocese, to lead the Archdiocese of New York that oversees the spiritual lives of close to 2.5 million ...

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A relatively unknown Illinois bishop has been selected to replace Cardinal Timothy Dolan as the archbishop of the most high-profile diocese in the United States. Bishop Ronald Hicks will replace Dolan ...

VATICAN CITY, Dec 18 (Reuters) - Pope Leo replaced Cardinal Timothy Dolan as the leader of the Catholic Church in New York, the Vatican announced on Thursday, sidelining a prominent U.S. Church figure ...

Parishioners ABC7 spoke with Thursday said they are happy for Bishop Hicks, although sad to lose such a great leader of their cathedral, they say. "It's exciting," Marilyn Skelly said. "It's exciting.

Dolan was widely regarded as being close to US President Donald Trump - Copyright GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/AFP Michael M. Santiago Dolan was widely regarded as ...

Pope Leo XIV has accepted the resignation of influential New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan, a leading figure of the US church's conservative wing, the Vatican said Thursday. The first US pope replaced ...