Pope's Brother Says Even As a Baby, Future Pontiff Had a Spiritual 'Air' About Him

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. (Photo: CNS/Vatican Media) by Simone Orendain 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 brot…

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

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…