Father’s brother was in “the family!”
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.
Roman Catholic cardinals cast secret ballots this week to elect a new pope in Rome — and on hand for the festivities is Father Robert Sirico, who fans of the show noticed is a dead ringer for the fictional mafia underboss.
The man of God is the elder brother of the late Tony Sirico, who played Tony Soprano’s brutal and wise-cracking chief henchmen on the trailblazing New Jersey-based crime drama, the UK Mirror reported.