When Cardinal Robert Prevost remained in the very first quality, his next-door neighbor informed him he would certainly be the very first American pope, his sibling informed ABC Information.
On Thursday, that revelation became a reality, when Prevost was chosen to be the 267th pontiff, the very first from the USA.
Prior To he was Pope Leo XIV, the 69-year-old pontiff matured the youngest of 3 siblings in the South Chicago residential area of Dolton.
Freshly chosen Pope Leo XIV shows up at the terrace of St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Might 8, 2025.
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He constantly intended to be a clergyman, his center sibling, John Prevost, informed ABC Information.
” He recognized as soon as possible. I do not believe he’s ever before doubted it. I do not believe he’s ever before considered anything else,” John Prevost claimed.
As a youngster, Pope Leo XIV “played clergyman,” John Prevost claimed. “The ironing board was the church.”
Pope Leo began to become a front-runner for the papacy in the days prior to the conclave started, according to the Rev. James Martin, a papal factor to ABC Information.
John Prevost claimed he talked to his sibling on Tuesday, prior to the cardinals entered into the deceptive conclave, and informed his sibling that he likewise thought he might be the very first American pope. Pope Leo called it “rubbish,” claiming, “‘ They’re not mosting likely to choose an American pope,” his sibling claimed.
” He simply really did not think it, or really did not wish to think it,” John Prevost claimed.
John Prevost, sibling of recently chosen Pope Leo XIV, Robert Prevost, consults with ABC Information in New Lenox, Illinois, May 8, 2025.
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As the brand-new pope, John Prevost claimed he anticipates his sibling will certainly comply with in the late Pope Francis’ footprints as a voice for the powerless and bad.
” I believe they were 2 of a kind,” John Prevost claimed. “I believe due to the fact that they both remained in South America at the exact same time– in Peru and in Argentina– they had the exact same experiences in collaborating with goals and collaborating with the downtrodden. So I believe that’s the experience that they’re both originating from.”
His earliest sibling, Louis Prevost, informed Sarasota ABC associate WWSB that he was “half anticipating it, half not,” including, “I still remained in shock.” Louis Prevost claimed he was really feeling unhealthy and hing on bed at the time the large minute came.
” My other half called and claimed, ‘white smoke, white smoke,'” Louis Prevost informed WWSB. “So I transformed the television on, saw the white smoke. It took virtually an hour till [the elected pope emerged from St. Peter’s Basilica] and when the cardinal appeared, and we’re all waiting, and he goes, and he stated Roberto, I recognized as soon as possible.”
