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Carlo Acutis set to become first millennial saint. What to know about Sunday's canonization
7+ mon, 1+ week ago (1119+ words) Carlo Acutis, an Italian teenager who died in 2006 after battling leukemia, will be the first millennial to receive sainthood in Catholic Church history. At a Catholic school in Pope Leo XIV's hometown, fifth graders read comic books about Carlo Acutis…...
First Palm Sunday under Archbishop Hicks
2+ week, 2+ day ago (380+ words) News 4s Charles Watson reports from Saint Patricks Cathederal Holy week is underway and worshippers around the world took part in Palm Sunday services. In New York City, Archbishop Ronald Hicks encouraged reflection on the life and legacy of Jesus in…...
Pope Leo says God rejects prayers of leaders who wage wars: 'Your hands are full of blood"
2+ week, 1+ day ago (895+ words) Pope Leo XIV became the leader of the Catholic Church on May 8, 2025, becoming the first pope to ever have been born in the United States. Here's what you need to know. Pope Leo XIV said Sunday that God doesn't listen…...
Archbishop-designate Ronald Hicks prepares to lead NY archdiocese
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (11+ words) NBC New York...
NY welcomes its first new archbishop in 14 years. What to know about Ronald Hicks' Installation Mass
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (767+ words) Archbishop-designate Ronald Hicks, from Illinois, is set to be installed as archbishop at his new home base on Friday -- and it all starts with a knock at the door of St. Patrick's Cathedral. "With'his pastoral staff, he'll probably knock on…...
NYC set to welcome new archbishop: What to know about Ronald Hicks' Installation Mass
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (828+ words) The second largest diocese in the country will have a new archbishop, one hand-picked by Pope Leo. He's fully bilingual, he's from the Chicago area, and he's a Cubs fan " but who is Bishop Ronald Hicks? He will replace Cardinal…...
U. S. bishops officially ban gender-affirming care at Catholic hospitals
5+ mon, 1+ day ago (802+ words) Tennessee's law bans puberty blockers and hormone treatments for transgender minors, but it allows the same drugs to be used for other purposes. U. S. Catholic bishops voted Wednesday to make official a ban on gender-affirming care for transgender patients at Catholic…...
Meet Ron Hicks, your new archbishop
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (982+ words) The Archdiocese of New York has a new leader. Pope Leo XIV on Thursday made his most important U. S. appointment to date, naming a fellow Chicagoan as the next archbishop of New York to lead one of the biggest U. S. archdioceses as…...
Pope returns 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada as part of reckoning with colonial past
4+ mon, 4+ week ago (867+ words) Pope Francis dons a headdress during a visit with Indigenous peoples at Maskwaci, the former Ermineskin Residential School, Monday, July 25, 2022, in Maskwacis, Alberta. The Vatican on Saturday returned 62 artifacts from its vast ethnographic collection to Indigenous peoples from Canada, as…...