Dolan was widely regarded as being close to US President Donald Trump

Dolan was widely regarded as being close to US President Donald Trump

 Michael M. Santiago

Pope Leo XIV has accepted the resignation of influential New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan, a leading figure of the US church's conservative wing, the Vatican said Thursday.

The first US pope replaced Dolan, who stepped down after reaching the Church's retirement age of 75, with a little-known 58-year-old bishop from Illinois, Ronald Hicks.

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