Outraged Catholics are rallying to stop Cardinal Blase Cupich, Archbishop of Chicago, from presenting a "Lifetime Achievement Award" to Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., who has long supported abortion rights ...

(USA TODAY has full coverage of NBA media day. Click here for all the latest news.) LeBron James reiterated the end of his NBA career is near, and he's not sticking around for another son to make it.

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Throughout much of the day Wednesday, Sept. 24, Bishop James Checchio shook hands, said prayers and gave hugs to dozens of the city’s faithful who came to greet him at his ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The next leader of the Archdiocese of New Orleans said Wednesday (Sept. 24) that it’s too early to say if there will be more local church closings or investigations into the ...

AGAIN WHERE YOU ARE. I’VE GOT THAT IN TEN MINUTES. A CHANGING OF THE GUARD COMING SOON FOR THE ARCHDIOCESE OF NEW ORLEANS. POPE LEO THE 14TH HAS TAPPED BISHOP JAMES CHECCHIO TO LEAD THE CATHOLIC ...

Metuchen Bishop James F. Checchio's time in New Jersey is coming to an end following the Sept. 24 announcement by Pope Leo XIV that Checchio has been appointed the Coadjutor Archbishop of New Orleans.

NEW ORLEANS — Pope Leo XIV named Bishop James Checchio of Metuchen, New Jersey, as the new Coadjutor Archbishop of New Orleans — meaning he will eventually succeed Archbishop Gregory Aymond. So, who ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday named a successor to embattled New Orleans Archbishop Gregory M. Aymond, two weeks after the archdiocese agreed to a $230 million proposed settlement for ...

The head of a diocese serving Catholics in four New Jersey counties has been appointed by Pope Leo XIV to succeed the archbishop of New Orleans amid a bankruptcy and sexual abuse settlement. The ...

Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday named Bishop James Checchio coadjutor archbishop of New Orleans, positioning him to head an archdiocese facing bankruptcy and a costly clergy abuse settlement. The ...

Bishop James Checchio will assist New Orleans Archbishop Gregory M. Aymond until his retirement, at which point Checchio will succeed him. The appointment follows a recent $230 million settlement by ...