‘It was a shocking moment’: New pope’s brother lives in New Lenox

John Prevost knew that there was a possibility that his brother would be elected pope. “Last Saturday, when he was in church, one of the priests approached me and told me that the odds in Las Vegas were 18 to 1,” said Prevost, who lives in the suburbs of Chicago. “He had no doubt. He thought he would certainly be my brother.” But Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, who was preparing for the conclave, dismissed him when his older brother called him …

'Totally surreal' Pope's brother says of sibling's election before flight to Rome

CHICAGO (WGN) — John Prevost was somewhat of a celebrity at O'Hare International Airport on Friday as travelers recognized him as a brother of the newly elected Pope Leo XIV. “Totally surreal. It hasn’t really hit in that it’s real, that it’s really happening," Prevost told WGN on Friday as he embarked on a journey to Rome to visit his younger brother who is now the leader of the Catholic Church. "Proud with a capital 'P'." The first American po…

Pope Leo XIV’s neighbors predicted he would become first American pontiff when he was in kindergarten

Pope Leo XIV's childhood neighbors in suburban Chicago had predicted when he was just a small boy that he would become the first American pontiff, his brother said.

Dolton neighbor told young Cardinal Robert Prevost he would be pope someday, New Lenox brother says

When Cardinal Robert Prevost was in the first grade, his neighbor told him he would be the first American pope, his brother told ABC News.

‘It was a shocking moment’: New pope’s brother lives in New Lenox

The new pope, formerly Robert Prevost and now Pope Leo XIV, is the youngest of three boys raised by a school superintendent father and school librarian mother in south suburban Dolton

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