The new North -American Pope Robert Prevost, Pope Leo XIV, said that he always knew his brother would be the first North -American Pope and hopes that Pope Francis’s legacy will continue to serve the disadvantaged.
Robert Prevost’s older brother shares his surprising reaction to his younger brother, Papa Leo XIVascending to the Head of the Catholic Church.
Said John Prevost News ABC That when Robert was in the first degree, a neighbor told him that he would be the first pope born in America. On Thursday, this prophecy came true when Prevost was elected on 267th pontiff, the first in the United States.
Before he was elected Pope, or even before he got involved in the Catholic Church, the 69 -year -old was the youngest of three brothers, who grew on the south side of Chicago In the suburb of Dolton.
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John Prevost said that his younger brother was always interested in becoming a priest.
“I knew immediately. I don’t think I ever questioned it. I don’t think I’ve ever thought of anything else,” he said.
As a child, Pope Leo XIV “played a priest,” said John. “The plate board was the altar.” He is an avid fan of the Chicago White Sox Baseball Baseball Team and a “is a regular and common person,” his brother said.
John told ABC News that he spoke with his brother shortly before the Cardinals entered the Secret conclave and told him that he believed he could be the first North -American Pope.
At that time, he said that his brother called him “nonsense” and “just talking”, saying, “” they are not going to choose an American pope, “said John Prevost.
“Just did not believe it or did not want to believe it,” he added.
John said he believes that his brother will follow in the footsteps of the missing Pope Francis as a voice for the poor and poor.
“I think they were two types,” said John Prevost. “I think they were both in South America at the same time, in Peru and Argentina, they had the same experiences in working with missions and working with the fall. So I think this is the experience they come from.”
Louis Prevost, the largest of the three prevost brothers, was at home Moldy feeling –e weather When he received the news.
“My wife called to say -me there is white smoke from the chapel,” ABC News told ABC. “They started reading their name and, when it went,” blah, blah, blah, Roberto, “I knew immediately, this is Rob,” he said. “I was grateful that he was still in bed, because he could have fallen.”
Louis Prevost said he got up from bed and started “dancing like an idiot”.
“It’s amazing,” he said. “Suddenly I’m awake and I feel wonderful.”
He called his brother “to the earth” and someone with a good sense of humor and “smart as a whip”. He added that Robert estimated his missionary work in Peru, working with the people and has traveled the world through his work with the Vatican, said Louis Prevost.
“I thought I had traveled to the Navy, but my God was blowing to me,” he said.
Louis said that Robert’s world experiences may have been highlighted among his cardinal companions when they choose the pope. He said that this road had always been the call of his brother from the age of 4 or 5, and his family knew he was destined for great things.
“We used to make fun of it all the time: you will be the pope one day,” he said. “The neighbors said the same. Sixty years later, here we are.”