Holy Fathers and Their Fathers

Holy Fathers and Their Fathers

L to R: Pope Leo XIV waves on Pentecost Sunday 2025; his father, Louis Prevost Learn about the fathers of the four most recent popes.

Pope’s brother says even as a baby, future pontiff had a spiritual ‘air’ about him

Pope Leo XIV speaks with his brother Louis Prevost and sister-in-law Deborah Prevost in the papal library of the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican May 19, 2025, after the pope’s private meeting with U.S. Vice President JD Vance. (CNS photo/Vatican Media) By Simone Orendain, OSV News CHICAGO (OSV News) — Much has been reported about Pope Leo XIV’s earliest days of playing priest at the family’s home in Dolton, a suburb south of Chicago. But his eld…

Brother of Pope Leo XIV says he always had a 'spiritual air' about him

CHICAGO (OSV News) — Much has been reported about Pope Leo XIV’s earliest days of playing priest at the family’s home in Dolton, a suburb south of Chicago. But his eldest brother, Louis Prevost, said, in hindsight, something his brothers teased the young Robert F. Prevost about was a clear indication of just how “blessed” the first pope from the United States was, even from babyhood. “If I was more cognizant at the time and paid closer attention…

Pope's brother says even as a baby, future pontiff had a spiritual 'air' about him

This photo shows the second-grade class of Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, at St. Mary of the Assumption School in Riverdale, Ill., in 1962. He is the fourth boy standing next to the blackboard. The Sisters of Christian Charity taught the future pope at the school. OSV News photo/courtesy Province of the Sisters of Christian Charity in Mendham, N.J Much has been reported about Pope Leo XIV’s earliest days of playing priest at the family’s home…