Leo XIV’s brother recalls feeling of ‘disbelief’ over his sibling becoming pope
NEW LENOX, Ill. (AP) — When white smoke poured out of the Sistine Chapel revealing that a new pope had been chosen, John Prevost turned on his television in Illinois, called his niece and they watched in awe as his brother’s name was announced.
“She started screaming because it was her uncle and I was in the moment of disbelief that this cannot be possible because it’s too far from what we thought would happen, ” Prevost said Thursday in an interview with The Associated Press from his home in New Lenox, Illinois.
Next, he said he felt an intense sense of pride that his brother, Cardinal Robert Prevost, had become the 267th pontiff to lead the Catholic Church, making the Chicago-born missionary the first U.S. Папа.
" Това е много чест; това е много един път в живота ", сподели той. „ Но мисля, че това е много отговорност и мисля, че ще докара до по -големи и по -добри неща, само че мисля, че хората ще го гледат доста от близко, с цел да видят какво прави. “
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