René Sotelo, MD, professor of clinical urology at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, had the opportunity to meet Pope Francis, leader of the Roman Catholic Church, during a recent trip to Italy.
![Rene Sotelo, left, poses with Baltazar Enrique Porras Cardozo, a Roman Catholic cardinal, and Pope Francis recently during a trip to Rome. (Photo/Courtesy Rene Sotelo)](http://hscnews.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Pope-2-web.jpg)
Rene Sotelo, left, poses with Baltazar Enrique Porras Cardozo, a Roman Catholic cardinal, and Pope Francis recently during a trip to Rome. (Photo/Courtesy Rene Sotelo)