Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost has been named the first U.S. pope, selected by 133 cardinals worldwide on the second day of the papal conclave in Rome. The new pontiff will go by the name Leo XIV.

One of the priests in Rome for the conclave is the brother of the actor who played famed “Sopranos” mobster Paul “Paulie Walnuts” Gualtieri, according to a report.

Cardinal Christoph Schönborn poses for selfie photos with people outside St. Mary Major Basilica in Rome, Sunday, April 27, 2025.

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Finally, at the end of ABC’s broadcast, around 9 p.m. Rome time, the cameras were turned off. Then, in that quiet moment sitting at a table in front of the television anchors, I wept.

He is from the Town of Berry, just northwest of Madison. Austin was born and raised Catholic and decided to travel to Rome by himself to witness the conclave and await the election of the next Pope.

On 15 occasions they took place outside Rome and the Vatican altogether, including in Viterbo, Perugia, Arezzo and Venice in Italy, and Konstanz, Germany, and Lyon, France.