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NEW LENOX, Ill. — When white smoke poured out of the Sistine Chapel revealing that a new pope had been chosen, John Prevost turned on his television in Illinois, called his niece and they watched in awe as his brother's name was announced.
바카라 게임 웹사이트She started screaming because it was her uncle and I was in the moment of disbelief that this cannot be possible because it바카라 게임 웹사이트s too far from what we thought would happen," Prevost said Thursday in an interview with The Associated Press from his home in New Lenox, Illinois.
Next, he said he felt an intense sense of pride that his brother, Cardinal Robert Prevost, had become the 267th pontiff to lead the Catholic Church, making the Chicago-born missionary the first U.S. pope.
바카라 게임 웹사이트It바카라 게임 웹사이트s quite an honor; it바카라 게임 웹사이트s quite a once in a lifetime," he said. 바카라 게임 웹사이트But I think it바카라 게임 웹사이트s quite a responsibility and I think it바카라 게임 웹사이트s going to lead to bigger and better things, but I think people are going to watch him very closely to see what he바카라 게임 웹사이트s doing.바카라 게임 웹사이트
Robert Prevost, a 69-year-old member of the Augustinian religious order who spent his career ministering in Peru, took the name Leo XIV.
John Prevost described his brother as being very concerned for the poor and those who don바카라 게임 웹사이트t have a voice. He said he expects him to be a 바카라 게임 웹사이트second Pope Francis.바카라 게임 웹사이트
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AP Photo/Obed Lamy
John Prevost points to an old photo of his brothers, including the newly elected Pope Leo XIV, Robert Prevost, left, during an interview with the Associated Press on Thursday, May 8, 2025, in New Lennox, Ill.
At one point during the interview, John Prevost realized he had missed several calls from his brother, so he gave the new pope a call back.
Leo told him he wasn't interested in being part of the interview and after a brief message of congratulations and discussion in which they talked like any two brothers about travel arrangements, they hung up.
The new pope grew up the youngest of three boys. John Prevost, who was only a year older than him, said he remembers Robert Prevost being very good in school as a kid and enjoying playing tag, Monopoly and Risk.
From a young age, he said he knew his brother was going to be a priest. Although he didn't expect him to become pope, he recalled a neighbor predicting that very thing when Robert Prevost was only a first grader.
바카라 게임 웹사이트She sensed that at 6 years old,바카라 게임 웹사이트 he said. "How she did that, who knows. It took this long, but here he is, first American pope.바카라 게임 웹사이트
When Robert Prevost graduated eighth grade, he left for seminary school, his brother said.
바카라 게임 웹사이트There's a whole period there where we didn바카라 게임 웹사이트t really grow up together," he said. "It was just on vacations that we had contact together.바카라 게임 웹사이트
These days, the brothers talk on the phone every day, John Prevost said. Robert Prevost will call him and they'll discuss everything from politics to religion and even play the day's Wordle.
John Prevost said he's not sure how much time his brother will have to talk as the new pope and how they'll handle staying in touch in the future.
바카라 게임 웹사이트It바카라 게임 웹사이트s already strange not having someone to talk to," he said.
___
Golden reported from Seattle.