Ten American Cardinals went into the Sistine Chapel for a conclave this past week.

Nine came out.

Where he comes from is Sardanao thing in the past.

You know, Robert Francis Prevost is no longer around.

It's now Pope Leo.

That's the Archbishop of New York, Cardinal Timothy Dolan, reflecting on the fact that he and 132 other Cardinals

selected Chicago-born Robert Prevost as the head of the Roman Catholic Church.

On Wednesday morning, the Cardinals sealed themselves off from the rest of the world.

Cardinal Joseph Tobin, the Archbishop of Newark, recalled the moment as he, Dolan and four

other U.S. Cardinals spoke to reporters

in Rome. Any device that could transmit was taken from us. The shutters of the guest house they all

stayed in, the Casa Santa Marta, were closed shut. Cell signals around the building were jammed.

The food, Dolan said, wasn't great. And yet, Cardinal Wilton Gregory, the former head of the Washington,

D.C. Archdiocese, said, this was one of the most prayerful moments in my life.

After the Cardinal selected Pope Leo, they each approached him, one by one, at the altar in front

of Michelangelo's fresco of the last judgment. I felt comfortable saying to Pope Leo from one south sider of Chicago to another.

I promise you my respect, my fidelity, and my love.

After one of the ballots, you carry your ballot, you deposit it,

and just say a few words in Latin

to say, I'm standing before God, and Michelangelo reminds you of our ultimate destiny.

And as best as I can say, this is the one that I think is indicated.

Tobin has known and worked with Prevost for three decades.

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