Next Archbishop of New York Is Deeply Francis' Man
Monsignor Ronald Hicks - Bishop of Joliet and soon to become the new Archbishop of New York - first met Pope Francis on 29 June 2015.
After Francis’s death, he wrote about that meeting on Diocoliet.org on 5 May. Back then, he was standing in Saint Peter’s Basilica with Chicago Archbishop Blase Cupich.
Cupich had been installed as Archbishop of Chicago in November 2014. In January 2015, he appointed Rev. Hicks as his Vicar General and in 2018 his auxiliary bishop.
“Now Is Your Chance”
In June 2015, Archbishop Cupich asked his Vicar General in the Basilica, “Have you ever met the Pope?”
When Hicks replied, “No,” Cupich grasped his arm and said with a smile, “Well, now is your chance.”
He led Hicks briskly toward Pope Francis and introduced him in Italian, saying, “Holy Father, this is Ron Hicks, my Vicar General, and he speaks Spanish.” Francis turned to Hicks and began speaking in Spanish.
Hicks recalls: “From that moment forward, whenever we encountered one another, we spoke …More
Of course they don't speak ill of Bergoglio; either they're on his side or they're cowards and keep quiet about his heresies.
Bishop Hicks is not a sychophantic type of personality, he is his own man. You will find that out. Here in Joliet we've seen a reasonable man. When some bishops were quick to eliminate the Latin Mass such was not the case with Bishop Hicks. Things have not changed on that front. He supports parishes and priests instead of undermining them as in other places. He is a man of prudence and caution who loves his Catholic faith. New York will thrive under his guidance.
The new Archbishop of New York, succeeding the ever-jolly Timothy Dolan, will be Ronald Hicks
Hicks was ordained by Cardinal Bernardin, and Auxiliary/VG to Cardinal Cupich.
The gay activist Ronald Aldon Hicks was "ordained" by the gay Predator Satanist Joseph Bernardin. Bishop Ronald Aldon Hicks [Catholic-Hierarchy]
Hicks was voted chair of the USCCB committee for clergy and vocations in 2024 with over 63% of the vote.
Misery loves company.
These wretched souls who serve the devil have joined Prevost in their mutual hatred of God and the Church, in their obsessive quest to lead more souls astray along with them.
'There, the associates of his wretchedness, far from alleviating the lot of the damned soul, will make it more intolerable for him.'
St. Thomas Aquinas