Pope Leo XIV imparts the blessing from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica for his first Sunday blessing after his election (11 May 2025) Hungary unexpectedly suspends talks with Ukraine ...

Pope Leo XIV has made history after being elected ... justice and religious freedom, the island's foreign ministry said on Friday. The Vatican is one of only 12 countries to retain formal ...

Pope Leo XIV's papal name has a storied history — and stretches all the way back to the year 440 TIZIANA FABI/AFP via Getty The 267th pope has chosen his new name: Pope Leo XIV. Born with his ...

No alcohol on Scott’s Island; the heat up toward Prohibition had begun in earnest. The Daily Star called it “our Luna Park,” referring to the popular park that had opened on Coney Island ...

State Sen. Jessica Scarcella-Spanton honored Connie Jones for over five decades of service to the Coney Island community. After graduating college, Jones worked at Amethyst Women’s Project in ...

Luna Park at Coney Island officially opened for the season Saturday. The amusement park’s reopening coincided with unseasonably warm weather, with sunny skies and highs near 80. An egg cream ...

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV, Cardinal Robert Prevost of the United States, appears on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican on Thursday, May 8. In Rhode Island, one of the most ...

Newly elected as pope, Robert Prevost has chosen Leo XIV as his papal name ... there have only been 21 legitimate popes named John. That's because John XVI was an antipope, and John XX was ...

This house of God is a total real-estate blessing! The owner of Pope Leo XIV’s childhood home in the suburbs of Chicago yanked the humble abode off the market overnight with potential plans to ...

A formal Mass to mark the inauguration of Pope Leo XIV will take place on May 18 in St. Peter's Square, the Vatican announced the day after stunning the world with the election of the first pope ...