At his installation, New York Archbishop Hicks commits to missionary church
Attendees watch on screens as Archbishop Ronald Hicks prepares to knock on the central doors of St. Patrick's Cathedral for the Ceremony of Reception to start his Mass of Installation, Friday, Feb. 6, 2026, in New York. (RNS photo/Fiona Murphy)
NEW YORK (RNS) — At his installation Mass in St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Hicks made two things crystal clear: that he seeks to lead a church that will, at its heart, be missionary, and that Latinos will not remain at the peripheries of his ministry.