The new leader of the Roman Catholic Church’s New York Archdiocese offered a greeting in Spanish on Thursday, when he implored the U.S. to be a “country that upholds human dignity” while also protecting its borders and keeping its laws.
Bishop Ronald Hicks, currently the head of the Diocese of Joliet, was welcomed by Cardinal Timothy Dolan during a St. Patrick’s Cathedral press conference that was broadcast live on Newsmax.
Dolan, 75, confirmed he is stepping aside in keeping with church law and introduced Hicks as the next leader of the Archdiocese of New York after Pope Leo XIV’s appointment.
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