Pope Leo's Hug with Brother Shows How His Life Has Changed Forever

The Pope is very emotional. Leo XIV, at his inauguration, provides a very special moment with his brother. Obviously, this was not planned.

Pope Leo's hug with brother shows how his life has changed forever

Amid all the symbolism and ceremony, it was perhaps the hug with his brother Louis that underlined just how much Pope Leo's life has changed. A cardinal from Chicago is now one of the most powerful leaders in the world.

At the solemn inauguration of Pope Leo XIV on Sunday in St. Peter's Square in Rome, he himself provides an unexpectedly emotional moment. Pope Leo welcomes many brothers and sisters, but when he sees his worldly brother Louis Prevost from Florida, he gets carried away to a warm gesture.

Pope Leo XIV broke the protocol on Sunday at his inauguration in Rome. When his eldest brother Louis Prevost approached Leo XVI in the papal robe and stretched out his hand, the younger man no longer knew how to hold and embraced the somewhat larger Louis warmly. He knocked strongly on his younger brother's back. Louis Prevost, who lives in Florida, had put himself in the official U.S. delegation led by Vice President JD Vance and Foreign Minist…

Out of program during greetings with the US delegation (ANSA)

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