Pope Leo replaces New York's Cardinal Dolan in shake-up of US Church | Reuters
By: Joshua McElwee (Reuters)
Pope Leo replaced Cardinal Timothy Dolan as leader of the Catholic Church in New York, the Vatican announced on Thursday, sidelining a prominent U.S. Church figure in a major shake-up of the country's Catholic leadership.
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By Joshua McElweeDecember 18, 20252:24 PM UTCUpdated agoTextVATICAN CITY, Dec 18 (Reuters) - Pope Leo replaced Cardinal Timothy Dolan as leader of the Catholic Church in New York, the Vatican announced on Thursday, sidelining a prominent U.S. Church figure in a major shake-up of the country's Catholic leadership.Leo, the first U.S. pope, appointed a relatively unknown cleric from Illinois, Bishop Ronald Hicks, to replace Dolan as leader of the nation's second-largest Catholic diocese, home to some 2.8 million Church members.
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Dolan, Archbishop of New York since 2009 and a former president of the U.S. Catholic bishops' conference, offered to resign in February upon turning 75, as required by Church law. Cardinals often serve until 80, the mandatory retirement age."Hicks represents not just a new chapter for New York but for the American church as a whole," said David Gibson, a U.S. Church expert.
NEW ARCHBISHOP HAS 'GREAT HEART' FOR LATINO COMMUNITY
At a press conference in New York a few hours after the Vatican's announcement, Hicks, 58, gave some remarks in Spanish before speaking in English. He said he has a "great heart" for the Latino community as a former missionary in Latin America.Hicks also repeated an earlier endorsement of the U.S. Catholic bishops condemnation of President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown.He said the U.S. should protect …
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Dolan spent too much time kissing Trump's butt for Pope Leo's liking.
To me this is a major message from the Pope that he is not a friend of right wing Catholicism.
So he’s a friend of left wing Catholicism?
Yippee!
Good! He needed to leave. He was always on Biden about taking communion even tho he was not anti-abortion
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Yep, sounds like a horrible guy …..
To most leftists, he is, for one reason....
He is a man of God. Most of them hate those people.
Yep, Atheist and angry go together like peas and carrots.