It’s heartening, as this particular period of transition for our archdiocese symbolically ends with the pallium liturgy, to witness firsthand how succession and passing on are inherently part of the Church’s DNA.

Al día siguiente de recibir el palio de manos del papa León XIV, el arzobispo Ronald A. Hicks celebró una Misa de acción de gracias en la basílica de San Pablo Extramuros el martes 30 de junio.

This basilica outside the walls of Rome marks the location where St. Paul the Apostle is buried.

El arzobispo Ronald Hicks recibió el lunes 29 de junio el palio de manos del papa León XIV durante la Misa por la solemnidad de los santos apóstoles Pedro y Pablo en la Basílica de San Pedro.

Archbishop of New York Ronald Hicks received his pallium from Pope Leo XIV at St. Peter's Basilica during the annual Mass for the Solemnity of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul, joining metropolitan archbishops from around the world in the ancient ceremony linking them to the Church of Rome.