HERE IN NORTH FORT MYERS, AT LEAST IN GARY GULF COAST NEWS. >> COULDN'T BELIEVE WAS TOTALLY ECSTATIC. AND AMERICAN INDIAN AMERICAN THAT I'VE KNOWN FOR 35 YEARS. INCREDIBLE. >> PRETTY EXCITING DAY FOR CATHOLICS AROUND THE WORLD. HISTORY MADE NEWLY ELECTED POPE LEO, THE 14TH, THE FIRST EVER AMERICAN PONTIFF. HE'S GOT SOME TIES TO THE GULF COAST. POPE LEO'S BROTHER ACTUALLY LIVES IN PORT CHARLOTTE, FORMER CONGRESSMAN FRANCIS ROONEY WHO REPRESENTS MOST OF YOU IN LEE AND COLLIER COUNTIES HAD DINNER WITH THE POPE LAST YEAR AND HE'S KNOWN HIM SINCE THE 1990'S. GULF COAST NEWS REPORTER RYAN. OUR GUESTS IS LIVE AT SAINT ANN CATHOLIC CHURCH IN NAPLES AFTER SPEAKING WITH ROONEY TODAY. >> KELLY ROONEY SAYS THAT THE WORLD IS GOING TO BE GETTING A LEADER, A COMMUNICATOR AND SOMEONE THAT IS READY TO TACKLE THE PROMISES AND THE CHALLENGES OF THE 21ST CENTURY. HE SAYS IT'S STILL WE YOU KNOW, SOMEONE. HE'S CALLED A CLOSE FRIEND FOR SO LONG AND LITERALLY CALLS BOB, AS THE NEW POPE. COULDN'T BELIEVE IT TOTALLY AND AMERICAN INDIAN AMERICAN THAT I'VE KNOWN FOR 35 YEARS. IT'S INCREDIBLE. FORMER AMBASSADOR TO THE VATICAN, FRANCIS ROONEY SAYS HE ALMOST FELL OUT OF HIS CHAIR THIS AFTERNOON. ONE CARDINAL ROBERT PREVOST EMERGED FROM THE BALCONY AS POPE LEO, THE 14TH. HE A DINNER WITH HIS CLOSE FRIEND JUST LAST YEAR WHEN HE SAYS THE NEW LEADER OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IS CHOCK FULL OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA TIES AND WAS THE FIRST AMERICAN POPE WE'VE EVER HAD. HE BELIEVES HE WILL PRIORITIZE THE UNITED STATES IN A WAY WE'VE NEVER SEEN WHAT WORKING TO APPEAL TO THE AMERICAN YOUTH. >> AND SOMETIMES PEOPLE WOULD SAY THERE WOULD BE A REBOUND. HE WOULD. >> STAY AWAY FROM AMERICA BECAUSE DOESN'T WANT TO GET PICTURE. DOES THE AMERICAN PUBLIC? I DON'T THINK SO. I THINK HE WILL BE EXCITED TO CONTINUE THE WORK OF DRAWING YOUNG PEOPLE BACK INTO THE CHURCH, WHICH POPE FRANCIS BEGAN. >> NOW I ASKED ROONEY TODAY WHY HIS CLOSE FRIEND CHOSE THE NAME LEO, WHEN HE TELLS ME HE DOES THINK HE HAS AN IDEA. THE PREVIOUS POPE, LEO, POPE LEO, THE 13TH WORK TO HELP THE WORLD RECOVER AFTER THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION AND DEAL WITH TECHNOLOGY. HE BELIEVES HIS FRIEND THINKS THIS IS A PRIORITY. THAT'S WHY HE CHOSE THE NAME. POPE LEO, THE 14TH REPORTING LIVE IN NAPLES TONIGHT. RYAN OVERCAST, GULF COAST NEWS. >> RYAN BRIEFLY ALLUDED TO THIS, BUT >> THE NEW POPE HAS A BROTHER WHO LIVES IN CHARLOTTE COUNTY, SMALL WORLD, RIGHT. ONE OF OUR REPORTERS IS ABOUT TO INTERVIEW HIM AT HIS HOME IN PORT CHARLOTTE. YOU WILL HEAR FROM THE POPE'S BROTHER COMING