As Born In The USA plays, American cardinals in Rome celebrate Pope Leo XIV
'I took a look at Bob and he had his head in his hands and I was praying for him,' said Cardinal Joseph Tobin of the moment right after casting his vote in the Sistine Chapel.
'And then when he accepted, it was like it was made for him.'
One day after Chicago-born Cardinal Prevost became Pope Leo XIV, the cardinals met on a stage decorated with the Stars and Stripes and a Vatican flag at the Pontifical North American College.
The hilltop institution for US seminarians is a short walk from St Peter's Basilica, where Leo made his first speech to the world on Thursday evening as the new leader of the Catholic Church's 1.4 billion global faithful.
The United States had 10 voting cardinals in the conclave, the second-highest number of any country.
Four of them currently serve as archbishops in the US: Cardinal Tobin of Newark, New Jersey; Timothy Dolan of New York; Blase Cupich of Chicago; and Robert McElroy of Washington.
'In a very real sense, Cardinal Prevost has been in his life at his core a real missionary, in every way,' Cardinal McElroy said.
Joining them were retired archbishops Daniel DiNardo of Galveston-Houston in Texas, and Wilton Gregory of Washington, as well as French Cardinal Christophe Pierre, the apostolic nuncio to the United States.
Several of the men referred to the man they have known for years as Bob or Robert by his papal name, Leo.
Others said that his American nationality was not a factor – he also holds Peruvian citizenship.
Cardinals were most concerned with 'who among us can bring us together, who among us can strengthen the faith and bring the faith to places where it has grown weak', said Cardinal Gregory.
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