Pope Leo XIV has made another high-profile appointment that signals a generational shift in the English-speaking Catholic hierarchy. Leo tapped Bishop

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

Pope Leo on Friday named Bishop Richard Moth as the new Archbishop of Westminster, the most prominent Catholic figure in England and Wales.

Pope Leo has appointed a new archbishop of New York who has first-hand experience of countries from where millions have emigrated to the United States, signaling the potential for a more outspoken approach from bishops on immigration.

The list spans artists like Rosalía and Bad Bunny, actors such as Jennifer Lawrence, and cultural icons like Michelle Obama and Venus Williams.

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 delivered an impromptu greeting to the children, who sang Christmas carols in several languages for him.

Pope Leo XIV says peace is not only possible but necessary. In his first peace message issued Thursday, Leo blasted the “irrationality” of nuclear deterrence and the weaponization of faith in modern political discourse.