{"id":26942,"date":"2025-05-08T14:53:22","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T14:53:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=26942"},"modified":"2025-05-08T14:53:22","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T14:53:22","slug":"priest-at-the-conclave-to-choose-new-pope-has-a-very-famous-sibling-that-youd-recognise-straight-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=26942","title":{"rendered":"Priest at the Conclave to choose new Pope has a very famous sibling that you’d recognise straight away"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A cardinal casting his vote in the largest ever conclave for the next Catholic pope has an extremely famous brother, who is best known for his roles in gangster movies\u00a0The Sopranos<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Goodfellas<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Black smoke emanated from the Sistine Chapel\u2019s chimney this morning (May 8), indicating that the conclave following the death of\u00a0Pope Francis<\/a>\u00a0was unable to\u00a0elect a new pope in the official third voting round.<\/a><\/p>\n

Among the 133 voting cardinals sequestered inside the Vatican are the likes of: Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson, the first Ghanaian to be made a cardinal under Pope John Paul II in 2003; Vincent Nichols, the former Archbishop of Birmingham and current president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of\u00a0England<\/a>\u00a0and Wales, and Timothy Dolan, an\u00a0American<\/a>\u00a0Catholic prelate who has served as Archbishop of\u00a0New York<\/a>\u00a0since 2009.<\/p>\n

Another cardinal taking part in the May 2025 conclave is Robert Alan Sirico, a US-based priest and founder of the Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty in Grand Rapids, Michigan.<\/p>\n

Born in 1951 in New York, the\u00a0Catholic Church<\/a>\u00a0representative was originally raised in a\u00a0religious<\/a>\u00a0setting, but temporarily left faith behind in his early teenage years.<\/p>\n

However, after a deeper study of Christian anthropology, Sirico returned to the Catholic Church in 1977 and was ordained as a Paulist priest 12 years later.<\/p>\n

The devout follower of Christ, whose writings have appeared in revered publications such as The Wall Street Journal, the Journal of Markets & Morality and The New York Times, was inducted into the Mont Pelerin Society (MPS) in 1990.<\/p>\n

Former members of the international academic society of economists, political philosophers, and other intellectuals include Nobel laureates like Friedrich Hayek and notable figures like Ludwig Erhard and Luigi Einaudi.<\/p>\n

As well as serving on the board of advisers for Instituto Fe y Libertad, in Guatemala, the Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow and the Ciciv Institute in Prague, Sirico also has a very\u00a0famous<\/a>\u00a0sibling, who died in 2022.<\/p>\n

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The cardinal is one of the 133 voting in the 2025 conclave (The Acton Institute)<\/cite><\/div>\n

This former star, whose acting credits include\u00a0The Sopranos<\/em>,\u00a0Goodfellas<\/em>\u00a0and various Woody Allen\u00a0movies<\/a>, is none other than Genaro Anthony \u2018Tony\u2019 Sirico Jr.<\/p>\n

The legendary actor, who was born in 1942, made his film debut as an extra in the 1974 flick\u00a0Crazy Joe,<\/em>\u00a0before playing gangsters in the likes of\u00a0Mighty Aphrodite<\/em>,\u00a0The Last Fight<\/em>,\u00a0Bullets over Broadway<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Mickey Blue Eyes<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Speaking about Tony\u2019s death in 2022, the clergyman said: \u201cIt is with great sadness, but with incredible pride, love and a whole lot of fond memories, that the family of Gennaro Anthony ‘Tony’ Sirico wishes to inform you of his death on the morning of July 8, 2022.<\/p>\n

\u201cI sensed that the end was coming. So as we sat in a private location, I pulled out a Confessional Stole from my pocket. I looked into his eyes and I said, ‘How about that confession?’<\/p>\n

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Anthony ‘Tony’ Sirico is best known for his role in gangster films and TV shows (HBO)<\/cite><\/div>\n

‘My brother agreed and I did one of the most significant things a priest can do for another human being. I absolved him of all of his sins.\u201d<\/p>\n

The conclave to elect the 267th Pope<\/a>\u00a0is expected to continue through this afternoon, with the next vote set to begin at 4pm local time (10 am ET).<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not known at this stage whether the event will extend to Friday (May 9), as two-thirds of the conclave must pick the same name before the voting can conclude.<\/p>\n

The previous two conclaves famously wrapped up in less than three days, resulting in the elections of pope John Paul II in 1978, pope Benedict XVI in 2005, and pope Francis in 2013.<\/p>\n

Cardinal Parolin, who is presiding over the papal conclave, is also the current frontrunner in the contest to become the next pope, Sky News\u00a0writes<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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