WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday softening the federal stance on marijuana after extensively reviewing notes from a "Dr. S. Dogg."
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Let’s drop the act. I know how you really feel about me, and you know what? I hate you, too.
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“Unity of humanitarian and technical sciences”, Soviet time Bas-relief in Saint Petersburg
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Lord God, may we, your people, who look forward to the birthday of Christ experience the joy of salvation and celbrate that feast with love and thanksgiving. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
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New York Archbishop-elect Ronald Hicks meets people at St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Dec. 18, 2025, in New York City. / Credit: Adam Gray/Getty Images
Vatican City, Dec 18, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA).
Pope Leo XIV has appointed Bishop Ronald Hicks of the Diocese of Joliet, Illinois, as the next archbishop of New York — the most consequential U.S. episcopal appointment of Leo’s pontificate thus far — the Vatican announced Thursday.
The appointment was first reported by Spanish outlet Religión Digital on Dec. 15 and independently confirmed by EWTN News on Dec. 17.
For more on the new leader of Catholics in the Archdiocese of New York, read Jonathan Liedl’s profile here.
This is a developing story.
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