India, May 9 -- The Catholic Church on Thursday confirmed that Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost has been elected as the next pope, following a two-day papal conclave in Vatican City. Prevost becomes the first American in history to hold the papacy, taking the name Pope Leo XIV.

As crowds gathered in St. Peter's Square for the new pope's first public appearance, a photo surfaced showing someone resembling singer Harry Styles standing among the onlookers in Rome.

The individual, seen wearing dark sunglasses and a baseball cap reading "Techno Is My Boyfriend," quickly became the subject of online speculation.

Social media users debated whether it was actually Styles, or just a Roman lookalike.

One person wrote, "Looks like a typical Roman...