EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — A priest with the Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence was among those in attendance Thursday when Robert Prevost was announced as the new pope .
“I’m still pinching myself,” Father Christopher Murphy told 12 News. “Just being here for the conclave, the election.”
Murphy moved to Rome last summer to work as a spiritual director at the Pontifical North American College. He said the crowd’s reaction was “really moving” as many shed tears…