Pope Leo, Timothy Dolan and Catholic Church
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The appointment of Bishop Ronald A. Hicks is expected to bring a markedly different leadership style to New York’s archdiocese.
Pope Leo has appointed Bishop Ronald Hicks to replace Cardinal Timothy Dolan, a friend of President Donald Trump who has served in the position since 2009, as New York’s newest archbishop, a major shake-up in the country’s Catholic leadership that appears to continue the pontiff’s pushback against Trump’s aggressive immigration crackdown.
Pope Leo XIV is expected to name Bishop Ronald Hicks of Joliet, Illinois, to succeed retiring Timothy Cardinal Dolan as archbishop of New York, sources briefed on the transition say. The Village of Oswego has passed an ordinance requiring protective barriers after a 2-year-old boy was killed and 13 others were hurt when a car crashed a Portillo's earlier this summer.