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Louis Prevost, Pope Leo XIV’s older brother, said he nearly fell off his couch when he saw the news break on TV. The Florida retiree was watching Newsmax, a network he trusts, when the white smoke announced his little brother’s rise to the papacy. “I thought they were joking at first,” Louis admitted. “Last time I checked, we’re just regular folks from Illinois.”
The brothers grew up roughhousing in their Chicago suburb, with Louis often teasing the future pope. “I’d wrestle him down the stairs,” Louis recalled with a laugh. But even as kids, he knew his brother was different. While Louis played sports, young Robert set up an ironing board as an altar and pretended to say Mass with candy wafers. “He was born for this,” Louis said.
Louis proudly calls himself a “Trump guy” and shares fiery memes online. He disagrees with his brother’s criticism of conservative leaders but says family comes first. “We don’t talk politics,” Louis explained. “He’s my baby brother — I’ll always support him.” The pope hasn’t visited America yet, but Louis hopes he’ll bless their childhood home if he comes.
Newsmax viewers cheered when Louis described watching the historic moment on their network. “Real Americans get their news here,” he said, praising the channel’s “common-sense” reporting. Louis joked that his brother might need to upgrade from bicycle rides to a proper popemobile. “Tell him to get some armor on that thing,” he said. “We don’t want another JFK moment.”
The pope’s brother says faith, not politics, binds their family. He remembers their mom making them kneel for nightly prayers. “We didn’t have much, but we had God,” Louis said. When asked about facing liberals in the Church, Louis grinned. “My brother’s tough — he survived me throwing him down the stairs. He can handle some woke bishops.”
Louis still can’t believe his sibling leads over a billion Catholics worldwide. “Last Christmas, I gave him socks,” he told Newsmax. “Now they’re calling him ‘Holiness.’” But he says the pope’s new title won’t change their relationship. “He’ll always be Bobby to me. Just don’t tell the Swiss Guard I said that.”
The interview highlighted how ordinary Americans can achieve greatness. Louis called his brother’s story “pure American dream stuff” — a working-class kid from Chicago reaching the highest throne. He ended with a message to critics: “Don’t mess with family. We Prevosts stick together, whether you’re in the White House or the Vatican.”
