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Louis Prevost connected member becoming caller pope
Growing up, Louis Prevost knew determination was thing peculiar astir his brother, Pope Leo XIV.
"We knew arsenic a household from a precise young age, determination was thing peculiar astir Rob," Louis told CBS News Friday of his brother, formerly known arsenic Cardinal Robert Prevost. "While I was retired playing lad games, you know, whether it was baseball, cops and robbers, tag, flashlight, immoderate kid games. Rob utilized to similar to play priest."
Prevost recalled his member conducting wide and giving beatified communion erstwhile helium was 7 oregon 8 years old.
"Since mode backmost then, he's had that calling," Louis said.
Leo was announced arsenic the archetypal U.S.-born person of the Catholic Church connected Thursday. He grew up alongside his 2 older siblings, Louis and John, successful the Chicago area.
Louis, present a Florida resident, said helium recovered retired the life-changing quality the aforesaid mode his member John and everyone other did — by watching TV.
"And arsenic soon arsenic helium went 'Ro-', my caput blew up, due to the fact that I knew 'Ro-' was going to crook into Roberto. And definite enough, Roberto Francisco," Louis told CBS News. "And I went nuts. I mislaid it. Mind blown. My small member was conscionable made pope. Oh my God. What bash I do? How bash I act? Do I person to alteration the mode I live? I amended behave now."
Louis said that helium hasn't gotten a accidental to talk to his younger member to congratulate him, but understands that helium is starting a caller life.
"He volition ever beryllium Rob," Prevost said. "If we bash get implicit determination and bash get to conscionable him, I'm inactive going to dainty him similar my small brother. Give him a hug, accidental 'Rob, you idiot, what person you done?' Take his chapeau disconnected and springiness him a nuggie."
Kierra Frazier is simply a quality exertion for CBS News & Stations.
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