John Provost admits that he did not believe that his brother could be elected Pope. “I have still heard that the American cannot become a pope,” he said in a television interview after the conclave.
Key facts:
- Robert Prevost was chosen as a new Holy Father, he took the name Leon XIV.
- His brothers John and Louis did not expect to become a pope.
- In the first interviews, after the conclave, they tell what kind of man the new pope is and who “predicted” the future.
John Prevost, a retired director of the Catholic School from Chicago and the brother of the newly elected Pope, admitted that he was surprised by the choice of his brother on the head of the church. – I did not expect because I still heard that the American could never become a pope because of the policy that United States They have too much power in the world now, so they don't need a church – he said in an interview with ABC.
He added, however, that when he heard that Robert Prevost was among the possible candidates, he told his brother that he could become a bishop of Rome. His younger brother was supposed to call it “nonsense”. “He just didn't believe it or didn't want to believe it,” said John Prevost.
That he would become a pope, “a neighbor predicted him”
The man said that his brother “from childhood knew that he would become a priest, and the fact that he would become a Pope had a neighbor when he went to first grade.”
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When asked about what Leon XIV is a man, ABC's interlocutor said “ordinary”, but suggested that he would be a pope similar to Francis, whom he met while still in his stay in his stay Argentina.
– I think that because he was trained in missionary work in South America for many years, he will look after the excluded. He will look after the poor. He will look after those who have no voice. So I think he will follow in the footsteps of Saint Francis and Pope Francis – he said.
In an interview with local Chicago television, WGN also explained “controversy” that, contrary to some reports, his brother supports the Chicago White Sox baseball team, not Chicago Cubs.
Pope's brother: He likes to be with people
In disbelief, information about the choice of Robert Prevost was also accepted by the second of his brothers Louis, who was lying in bed that day. – They started reading his name and when he said “Roberto”, I immediately knew that Rob – said ABC television.
“I was grateful that I was still lying in bed, otherwise I would fall,” he admitted, adding that a moment later he began to “dance like crazy”. He also assessed the new pope as “an ordinary man who goes hard on the ground and likes to be with people.”
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