New York City’s Muslim democratic socialist mayor has an unlikely new friend — the archbishop Pope Leo XIV handpicked to lead the nation’s largest city.
Inside the bromance between Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Archbishop Ronald Hicks, drawn together by the Knicks and a love of the poor.
Inside the bromance between Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Archbishop Ronald Hicks, drawn together by the Knicks and a love of the poor.
New York’s Odd Couple: A Muslim Democratic Socialist Mayor and Pope Leo XIV’s New Archbishop
What Mayor Mamdani and Archbishop Hicks share turns out to matter more than what divides them.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
June 21, 2026 at 10:00 PM
New York City’s Muslim democratic socialist mayor has an unlikely new friend — the archbishop Pope Leo XIV handpicked to lead the nation’s largest city.
Inside the bromance between Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Archbishop Ronald Hicks, drawn together by the Knicks and a love of the poor.
Inside the bromance between Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Archbishop Ronald Hicks, drawn together by the Knicks and a love of the poor.
This afternoon, I joined Archbishop Elpidophoros and faith leaders at St. Nicholas National Shrine to mark the 25 years since the horrific terror attacks of 9/11 and reflect on the resilience of our city.
September 11, 2026 at 9:44 PM
This afternoon, I joined Archbishop Elpidophoros and faith leaders at St. Nicholas National Shrine to mark the 25 years since the horrific terror attacks of 9/11 and reflect on the resilience of our city.
Many congratulations to Archbishop Mullally and all my Anglican / Episcopalian peeps.
What a glorious, holy thing.
What a glorious, holy thing.
March 27, 2026 at 2:54 AM
Many congratulations to Archbishop Mullally and all my Anglican / Episcopalian peeps.
What a glorious, holy thing.
What a glorious, holy thing.
NEW: Many conservatives hoped for a standoff between New York’s Muslim democratic socialist mayor and Pope Leo XIV’s new archbishop.
Instead, a shared love of the poor — and the Knicks — is making them fast friends.
Instead, a shared love of the poor — and the Knicks — is making them fast friends.
New York’s Odd Couple: A Muslim Democratic Socialist Mayor and Pope Leo XIV’s New Archbishop
What Mayor Mamdani and Archbishop Hicks share turns out to matter more than what divides them.
open.substack.com
June 20, 2026 at 12:10 AM
NEW: Many conservatives hoped for a standoff between New York’s Muslim democratic socialist mayor and Pope Leo XIV’s new archbishop.
Instead, a shared love of the poor — and the Knicks — is making them fast friends.
Instead, a shared love of the poor — and the Knicks — is making them fast friends.
NEW: Pope Leo XIV’s new archbishop of New York, Ronald Hicks, celebrates the Knicks’ title with Mayor Zohran Mamdani at the city’s Puerto Rican festival.
June 15, 2026 at 4:02 PM
NEW: Pope Leo XIV’s new archbishop of New York, Ronald Hicks, celebrates the Knicks’ title with Mayor Zohran Mamdani at the city’s Puerto Rican festival.
It was an honor to meet with Archbishop Elpidophoros of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America.
In the Assembly, I was privileged to represent Astoria’s vibrant Greek community. As Mayor, I will work alongside the Archbishop to support every Greek American who calls this City home.
In the Assembly, I was privileged to represent Astoria’s vibrant Greek community. As Mayor, I will work alongside the Archbishop to support every Greek American who calls this City home.
March 26, 2026 at 1:04 PM
It was an honor to meet with Archbishop Elpidophoros of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America.
In the Assembly, I was privileged to represent Astoria’s vibrant Greek community. As Mayor, I will work alongside the Archbishop to support every Greek American who calls this City home.
In the Assembly, I was privileged to represent Astoria’s vibrant Greek community. As Mayor, I will work alongside the Archbishop to support every Greek American who calls this City home.
www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/... Miami archbishop slams Everglades migrant detention site known as 'Alligator Alcatraz' as 'unbecoming' and ‘corrosive'
Bravo Archbishop Wenski.👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Bravo Archbishop Wenski.👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Miami archbishop slams Everglades immigrant detention site as 'unbecoming' and 'corrosive'
Archbishop Thomas Wenski criticized the remote location of the detention site called "Alligator Alcatraz" and the rhetoric surrounding it.
www.nbcnews.com
July 12, 2025 at 12:03 AM
www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/... Miami archbishop slams Everglades migrant detention site known as 'Alligator Alcatraz' as 'unbecoming' and ‘corrosive'
Bravo Archbishop Wenski.👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Bravo Archbishop Wenski.👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
It’s come to this: “Catholic members of the US armed forces could in good conscience consider disobeying orders to attack Greenland if such orders were issued, according to Archbishop Timothy Broglio, the bishop responsible for the pastoral care of US military personnel.”
Military archbishop: Troops could refuse orders on Greenland
Speaking to Britain's Sunday program on BBC, Archbishop Timothy Broglio reiterated that conscience could permit refusal of an unjust military order.
aleteia.org
January 20, 2026 at 1:24 AM
It’s come to this: “Catholic members of the US armed forces could in good conscience consider disobeying orders to attack Greenland if such orders were issued, according to Archbishop Timothy Broglio, the bishop responsible for the pastoral care of US military personnel.”
"US Archbishop of the Military Services Timothy Broglio: US military personnel could disobey ‘immoral’ orders against Greenland"
www.thetablet.co.uk/news/broglio...
www.thetablet.co.uk/news/broglio...
January 19, 2026 at 5:14 PM
"US Archbishop of the Military Services Timothy Broglio: US military personnel could disobey ‘immoral’ orders against Greenland"
www.thetablet.co.uk/news/broglio...
www.thetablet.co.uk/news/broglio...
Archbishop Thordan VII
December 20, 2024 at 10:26 PM
Archbishop Thordan VII
The future Archbishop of Naples and his good-for-nothing apprentice.
October 23, 2023 at 7:41 PM
The future Archbishop of Naples and his good-for-nothing apprentice.
Miami Archbishop Thomas Wenski condemns Turnip's internment camp. #ICEDetentions
www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/...
www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/...
Miami archbishop slams Everglades immigrant detention site as 'unbecoming' and 'corrosive'
Archbishop Thomas Wenski criticized the remote location of the detention site called "Alligator Alcatraz" and the rhetoric surrounding it.
www.nbcnews.com
July 15, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Miami Archbishop Thomas Wenski condemns Turnip's internment camp. #ICEDetentions
www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/...
www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/...
This article manages to name her husband before it names… her.
October 3, 2025 at 11:15 AM
This article manages to name her husband before it names… her.
Catholic Archbishop calls Trump's ICE crackdown
"mortally repugnant"
"mortally repugnant"
July 4, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Catholic Archbishop calls Trump's ICE crackdown
"mortally repugnant"
"mortally repugnant"
Man who shagged his girlfriend behind his wife's back lectures the Archbishop of Canterbury on Christianity.
August 2, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Man who shagged his girlfriend behind his wife's back lectures the Archbishop of Canterbury on Christianity.
That time the Archbishop of Liverpool got on the wrong side of Jabba the Hutt.
December 23, 2024 at 12:39 PM
That time the Archbishop of Liverpool got on the wrong side of Jabba the Hutt.
Archbishop Thordan VII has been gifted a massive draconic orb and honestly not now massive draconic orb
September 18, 2026 at 7:19 AM
Archbishop Thordan VII has been gifted a massive draconic orb and honestly not now massive draconic orb
For the first time in history, the archbishop responsible for U.S. service members said officers may be morally obligated to disobey a sitting president’s orders.
Broglio said a Trump-ordered invasion of Greenland would violate Catholic teaching and that Catholic troops could refuse to comply.
Broglio said a Trump-ordered invasion of Greenland would violate Catholic teaching and that Catholic troops could refuse to comply.
Conservative Military Archbishop Says Catholic Troops Can Defy Trump Orders on Greenland
The archbishop responsible for pastoral care of U.S. service members says an unjust attack on a friendly nation justifies troops’ conscientious refusal under Catholic moral teaching.
open.substack.com
January 20, 2026 at 4:55 PM
For the first time in history, the archbishop responsible for U.S. service members said officers may be morally obligated to disobey a sitting president’s orders.
Broglio said a Trump-ordered invasion of Greenland would violate Catholic teaching and that Catholic troops could refuse to comply.
Broglio said a Trump-ordered invasion of Greenland would violate Catholic teaching and that Catholic troops could refuse to comply.
Finally finished the birthday piece... very late...
Happy birthday to the most beautiful professor and archbishop !
Happy birthday to the most beautiful professor and archbishop !
September 25, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Finally finished the birthday piece... very late...
Happy birthday to the most beautiful professor and archbishop !
Happy birthday to the most beautiful professor and archbishop !
the death of archbishop thordan vii (1/5)
November 20, 2025 at 9:05 PM
the death of archbishop thordan vii (1/5)
The long-serving Catholic archbishop for pastoral care of all US military branches says troops can refuse orders to take Greenland by force as there aren’t circumstances where this would be a “just war”: aleteia.org/2026/01/19/u...
Military archbishop: Troops could refuse orders on Greenland
Speaking to Britain's Sunday program on BBC, Archbishop Timothy Broglio reiterated that conscience could permit refusal of an unjust military order.
aleteia.org
January 20, 2026 at 12:34 AM
The long-serving Catholic archbishop for pastoral care of all US military branches says troops can refuse orders to take Greenland by force as there aren’t circumstances where this would be a “just war”: aleteia.org/2026/01/19/u...
THAT WOULD BE AN ECUMENICAL MATTER.
July 4, 2026 at 7:39 AM
THAT WOULD BE AN ECUMENICAL MATTER.