A New Man in Town in the ‘Archbishop Capital of the World’
The New York Times 12-22-2025
“Central America formed him,” said David Gibson, the director of the Center on Religion and Culture at Fordham University. Hicks ran a home for orphaned and abandoned children in El Salvador from 2005 to 2010 after a decade in parish assignments and seminary leadership in the Chicago area, Gibson noted.
Beefing up school security won’t be enough. Try gun control. | Opinion
USA Today 12-21-2025
“In the United States, the only way we can really reverse this growing nightmare is to address the gun fixation in the American mind itself and work to break its stranglehold on the young male mind.
As a country, we need to take on the gun lobby just as we beat Big Tobacco. What just happened at Brown University should never happen again,” wrote John Davenport, political philosophy and global justice professor at Fordham University.
At the Center of the Latest Mangione Hearings: A Battle Over a Backpack
The New York Times 12-21-2025
If the backpack cannot be used in state court, the prosecution would still have a case, said Cheryl Bader, a Fordham University law professor. However, it could make what she called a “slam dunk” more challenging: Prosecutors would have to piece together a puzzle.
What CEOs Should Consider Before Speaking Out On Hot-Button Issues
Forbes 12-21-2025
Executives should speak out on hot-button issues only when three conditions are met, according to Stacey Cohen, an adjunct marketing professor at Fordham University. They include whether an issue “aligns with the organization’s core values, it directly impacts key stakeholders, and the leader is prepared to stand by the message even in the face of pushback,” she told me via email.
Father Thomas Massaro discusses Pope Leo XIV appointing Bishop Ronald Hicks as Archbishop of NY
CBS News 12-18-2025
“He served with Cardinal Soupage of Chicago, who named him an auxiliary bishop of Chicago. Then he went to Joliet, Illinois. We in New York don’t often hear about Joliet, Illinois. It’s a small diocese just south of Chicago, and it was really wonderful that he had five years of serving as a bishop there. I describe this as getting training to head for the much larger venue of New York, which, of course, is the most prominent archdiocese in our country. So I would just say he’s well trained,” said Father Thomas Massaro of Fordham University.
What to know about Pope Leo’s pick to succeed Cardinal Dolan in New York’s archdiocese
CBS News 12-18-2025
Fordham University’s Father Thomas Massaro reacts to the pope’s selection of Bishop Ronald Hicks of Illinois as the next archbishop of New York.
What does private equity mean for the future of college sports?
Deseret News 12-16-2025
In a Deseret News interview, Fordham University professor of law and ethics Mark Conrad said Utah’s pending deal with Otro Capital represents a dramatic and unprecedented shift in the structure of college sports. And one that, at this point, raises more questions than answers.
Ex-UN chief Ban warns Security Council risks irrelevance without reform
United Nations 12-15-2025
Anjali Dayal, Associate Professor for International Politics at Fordham University, told the Council that the next Secretary-General will assume office at a time of unprecedented strain, including a deepening funding crisis that is already shrinking the UN’s capacity to deliver essential services.
Cardinal Dolan says his successor is ‘immensely qualified’ to lead NYC’s faithful
Gothamist 12-18-2025
“[Dolan’s] a genuine New York character,” said David Gibson, director of Fordham University’s Center on Religion and Culture. “He can yuck it up with the best of them. He’s hilarious. He’s generous with his time. People love him. People who know him love him and he’s out there – he’s a pastor.”
Steve Bannon discussed using an obscure legal tactic to join Jeffrey Epstein’s legal team
Business Insider 12-19-2025
“I don’t want someone to say, ‘You waive the privilege by disclosing that to a third party,'” explained Bruce Green, a legal ethics professor at Fordham Law School. “So I make the accountant part of my team the way my paralegal is part of the team.”
Pope names fellow Chicagoan, Bishop Ronald Hicks, as new archbishop of New York
The Associated Press 12-18-2025
Dolan is widely viewed as conservative, writing a 2018 Wall Street Journal column headlined “The Democrats Abandon Catholics.” Yet in 2023, he also wrote a letter of welcome to a conference at Fordham University celebrating outreach programs aimed at LGBTQ+ Catholics, and he welcomed LGBTQ+ participation in the city’s annual St. Patrick’s Day parade.
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Pope Leo replaces New York’s Cardinal Dolan in shake-up of US Church
Reuters 12-18-202
“Hicks represents not just a new chapter for New York but for the American church as a whole,” said David Gibson, a U.S. Church expert ….
“(Leo) is elevating to the most prominent American see an Illinois native very much like himself,” said Gibson, director of Fordham University’s Center on Religion and Culture.
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Pope Leo’s new US bishops are critics of Trump’s migrant crackdown
Reuters 12-22-2025
“Certainly the most lasting legacy of any pope, is the episcopal appointments he makes,” said Natalia Imperatori-Lee, a U.S. Church expert and professor at Fordham University. “Every appointment is important, and every one means something.”
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Fordham professor on appointment of new archbishop of New York
Spectrum News 1 12-18-2025
Pope Leo XIV has named Illinois Bishop Ronald Hicks as the next archbishop of New York. He will replace the current head of the Archdiocese of New York, Cardinal Timothy Dolan, who has served in that position for 16 years.
David Gibson, the director of Fordham University’s Center on Religion and Culture, joined NY1 anchor Shannan Ferry on “News All Day” to discuss the cultural and political significance of the appointment.
Pope Leo XIV to announce successor for NYC cardinal
PIX 11 12-17-2025
Michael E. Lee, who is a professor of theology and the director of the Center for Catholic American Studies at Fordham University, told PIX 11 News, “You had time now for Pope Leo to enter into the office, and get a handle on things, and it also means the transition would be smoother.”
How AI is reshaping the American workforce
Audacy / KCBS Radio 12-18-2025
The air of security around white collar jobs is evaporating as artificial intelligence turns up the heat on the American economy. It’s been a year of high profile layoffs and subsequent hiring woes. To break it all down, KCBS Radio news anchor Steve Scott spoke with Giacomo Santangelo, senior lecturer in the Department of Economics at Fordham University.
Antimonopoly advocates say weak enforcement is fueling higher grocery prices
Agweek 12-17-2025
Fordham Law Professor Zephyr Teachout turned to price gouging, describing it as a growing economic justice issue. She explained that many state laws were designed to prevent excessive price hikes during emergencies, such as storms or pandemics, when consumers have little choice.
Breaking down the transition from Cardinal Dolan to Bishop Hicks
Spectrum news 1 12-20-2025
Bishop Ronald Hicks has been chosen by Pope Leo XIV to replace Cardinal Timothy Dolan as the head of the New York Archdiocese.
David Gibson, director of the Center on Religion and Culture at Fordham University, joined “Weekends on 1” to break down the change in leadership.
Tip Screen Tussle: Uber, DoorDash Battle NYC’s Gratuity Mandate in Court
WebProNews 12-19-2025
Legal experts predict a drawn-out fight, possibly reaching the Second Circuit or Supreme Court. ‘This pits consumer protection against corporate speech rights,’ said Fordham Law professor Carl Tobias. For insiders, the real wager is on demand elasticity: Will upfront tips deter orders, or stabilize driver retention in a market with 15% annual churn?
Kathy Hochul delays NY law enforcing all-electric buildings
Poughkeepsie Journal 12-19-2025
In its campaign to get Gov. Andrew Cuomo to ban hydraulic fracking more than a decade ago, Food and Water Watch had supporters pepper his office with phone calls in what became known as “Call Cuomo Mondays.” The governor agreed to the ban in December 2014, after a strong showing in the Democratic primary by anti-fracking candidate and Fordham Law professor Zephyr Teachout.
Specialties Honor Roll: Entertainment Law
The National Jurist 12-17-2025
The world’s first Fashion Law Institute calls Fordham University School of Law home, giving students access to pioneering courses, pop-up clinics, and industry events at the heart of New York City. Aspiring students can get an LL.M. or an M.S.L. degree in Fashion Law.
Converts are finding Eastern Orthodoxy online — the church wants to help them commune face-to-face
Marshall Independent 12-19-2025
“As a theologian, the idea that somehow masculinity — this particular way of thinking about masculinity — is inherent to Orthodox theology and teaching is I think just completely wrong,” said Aristotle Papanikolaou, cofounding director of the Orthodox Christian Studies Center at Fordham University. “There’s actually no logic to the idea that somehow I need to be masculine in this particular way in order to unite myself with God.”
The sinking of the “White Ship”, the catastrophe that rocked England by taking away the heir to the throne
News Maven 12-16-2025
In the 12th century, divine interpretation dominates. “It was in a way a blow from God to the Anglo-Norman dynasty” explains Nicholas Paul, a specialist in the Middle Ages at Fordham University in New York. The bodies, washed away by the sea, will never be found, preventing families from praying for the salvation of their souls.
Poetry Moment: ‘Christmas Eve Eve’ by Angela Alaimo O’Donnell
WPSU 12-22-2025
Angela Alaimo O’Donnell, PhD—a professor, poet, scholar, and writer at Fordham University in New York City—serves as Associate Director of Fordham’s Curran Center for American Catholic Studies. She has published eleven books of poems, including Holy Land (2022), which won the Paraclete Press Poetry Prize, and Dear Dante, published in Spring 2024. Forthcoming in 2026, The View from Childhood is a poetry collection about family, coming of age, and the place(s) we call home.
Prosecuting ICE’s Goons Will Be Hard—but Not Impossible
The New Republic 12-19-2025
In fact, as this has bubbled up again, I’ve been thinking of the first time I ever seriously discussed this issue, with Fordham Law professor and then-candidate for New York attorney general Zephyr Teachout, who made it a campaign plank at a time when it was seen as a pretty fringe position: the apex of the already marginal push to abolish ICE, a mantle that had been taken up by national figures like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
Executive Overreach or Innovation Savior? Trump’s December Surprise Takes Aim at State AI Laws
The National Law Review 12-15-2025
While the Administration can say that state laws are banned, enforcing that ban without an Act of Congress is a legal nightmare. As Fordham Law School Professor Olivier Sylvain recently predicted, this EO may be structurally doomed.
In the heart of Rome, A renewed vision for Catholic education
Florida Catholic 12-18-2025
This moment marked the culmination of my Holy Year pilgrimage to Rome. Guided by the National Catholic Educational Association and the Fordham Center for Catholic School Leadership and Faith-Based Education, I had the tremendous honor of joining fellow Catholic school superintendents as part of the USA Official Delegation to the Educational Jubilee.
A moral order has been broken, and clergy abuse survivors still quest for justice
National Catholic Reporter 12-18-2025
In response to the crisis, the Jesuits’ Fordham University in New York began a sweeping study of how Jesuit institutions should respond to clergy abuse within the ranks, inspired in part by an investigation that Georgetown University began of the long-term impact from its early Jesuit slaveholders, who sold 272 African-blooded people to Louisiana plantations. The Georgetown Memory Project is a template for universities facing these issues.
Why Hicks is the right choice for New York
National Catholic Reporter 12-22-2025
Most importantly, Hicks is a fine pastor. In the video made at the March Fratelli Tutti conference at Fordham University, Hicks said, “One of the things I’m walking away from this conference is saying oftentimes we want to start with our ideology, our idea, or pushing what I want.
