VATICAN CITY >> Pope Leo replaced Cardinal Timothy Dolan as leader of the Catholic Church in New York, the Vatican announced today, sidelining a prominent U.S. Church figure in a major shake-up of the country’s Catholic leadership.

Bishop Ronald Hicks will take over as ‍leader of ​the US' second-largest Catholic diocese. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Pope Leo XIV has replaced Cardinal Timothy Dolan as leader of the Catholic Church in New York, the Vatican announced, sidelining a prominent US Church figure in a major shake-up of the country's Catholic leadership.