Here is an overview of some of the religious freedom developments and news in the United States and abroad in 2025.

Archbishop Timothy Cardinal Dolan's resignation - his successor - were formally announced on Thursday by Church officials.

Ronald Hicks, the current bishop of Joliet, Illinois, is set to take over leadership of New York City’s more than 2 million Roman Catholics in February.

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

Pope Leo XIV named Thursday a fellow Chicagoan as the next archbishop of New York to lead one of the biggest U.S.

New York is set to become the latest state to legalize medically assisted death for the terminally ill under a deal reached ...

Pope Leo appointed a relatively unknown cleric from Illinois, Bishop Ronald Hicks, to replace Dolan as leader of the nation's ...

Pope Leo has named Bishop Ronald Hicks of Joliet, Illinois, the new Archbishop of New York after officially accepting ...

JOLIET, Ill. (WLS) -- Pope Leo has named Bishop Ronald Hicks of Joliet to lead the New York Archdiocese. Parishioners ABC7 ...

Bishop Hicks addressed media at St. Patrick’s Cathedral alongside outgoing Cardinal Archbishop Timothy Dolan, who turned 75 ...

Timothy Cardinal Dolan welcomed Bishop Ronald Hicks to St. Patrick's Cathedral on Thursday after Pope Leo XIV officially ...