Local parishioners celebrate new pope

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- There were warm smiles and greetings around Western New York as parishioners went to Mass on Thursday to celebrate the election of Pope Leo XIV -- the first American pope in history.
Parishioners at The Saint Jude Center on Ellicott Street and The Buffalo Irish Center on Abbott Road were excited, describing Thursday's news as "wonderful." The naming of any pope would have been a welcome sight, they said, but the naming of the first American pope in history makes it even m