Ronny Reyes

6 days ago | ourcommunitynow.com | Ronny Reyes

Cardinal Robert Prevost – a Chicago native who spent his career ministering to the poor in Peru – has been elected the 267 th pope, marking the first American pontiff in the Catholic Church’s 2,000 year history. The 69-year-old appeared to the world as Pope Leo XIV for the first time Thursday evening after the historic conclave concluded in Vatican City, where he waved to the crowds filling St. Peter’s Square with cheering, chants and tears.

6 days ago | nypost.com | Ronny Reyes

Ukraine claims Russia has broken its own cease-fire more than 734 times since it took effect Thursday, slamming it as nothing more than a “farce” to allow Russian President Vladimir Putin to enjoy a three-day holiday. Kyiv recorded hundreds of attacks from Russia over the border as of noon, local time, with an additional 63 ground operations taking place and another 176 drone strikes, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said.

6 days ago | nypost.com | Ronny Reyes

3 Cardinal Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, was elected Thursday. Getty ImagesCardinal Robert Prevost, a Chicago native who spent his career ministering in Peru, has been elected the new Pope, becoming the first American to be named pontiff in the Catholic Church’s 2,000-year history. Robert Prevost’s journey to becoming pope 3 Newly-ordained Rev. Robert Francis Prevost greets Pope John Paul II.

6 days ago | nypost.com | Ronny Reyes

A former Hamas hostage slammed the Pulitzer Prize board for awarding a Gaza poet and New Yorker contributor who disputed her and others’ status as captives and whether the Bibas family was murdered by the terrorist group. Emily Damari, a British-Israel citizen, said she was shocked that the board would recognize Mosab Abu Toha with a Pulitzer for his essays on the Gaza war after he made light of the suffering she endured for 471 days under Hamas’ custody.

1 week ago | nypost.com | Ronny Reyes

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu acknowledged Wednesday that three more hostages in Gaza may be dead — after his wife was caught on a hot mic saying fewer than 24 were believed to still be alive. Netanyahu said that despite months of assurance that 24 hostages were alive under Hamas captivity, Israel is now only certain that 21 are still living. “There are another three who, unfortunately, there is doubt if they are alive,” the premier said in a statement.