Pope Leo XIV’s brother John Prevost reveals what he calls new pontiff

Pope Leo XIV is now head of the Roman Catholic Church, but when it comes to his brother, the new pope is still the usual Robert Prevost.

ONe of his two brothers, John Prevostspoke to Good morning America After that it was announced that Pope Leo, 69, would become the first American pope and replied if he would still refer to his brother as “Rob.”

“You have absolutely accurate,” Prevost told Co-Host George Stephanopoulos. “Because I never called him father either.” This is my brother, the father. “No, never did.

Prevost said he will travel to Rome in the next few days and look forward to telling his brother that he is proud of him.

He noted that his brother had been interested in the church from a young age and told ABC News that “from the time he was 5 or 6 years old, he knew this was his fate.”

“Not because he would be the Pope, that he would be a priest,” Prevost said. “He knew that from a very young age and his idea never vacated the entire grammar school, high school, college.”

He also remembered his brother who played a priest as a child, took his mother’s ironing board and covered it with a cloth.

When asked what he thinks Pope Leo’s “biggest leap” will be when it comes to policies, Prevost said he doesn’t know but thinks his brother first “listens to what is said before he makes that kind of leap.”

“Maybe the first few days, the weeks, the months, the first year, (he will) see and see what needs to be done and where it needs to be done and who he needs to talk to,” Prevost said.

During his first address as Pope Leo XIVThe new pope took time to pay his respect for late Pope FrancisWho d subject on Monday 21 April at the age of 88.

“We still keep in our ears so weak but always brave voice from Pope Francis bless Rome. The Pope who blessed Rome gave his blessing to the world, to the whole world the same morning Easter Sunday,” he said.

“Let me follow up the same blessing: God loves us, God loves you all and evil will not prevail,” Pope Leo XIV continued. The same feelings were repeated when he celebrated his first Pulp In the Sistine Chapel.

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The new pope said he wants his choice to contribute to the Catholic Church that gives light to drive out “dark nights in this world”, noting that he aims to be a “faithful administrator”, according to it BBC.