In an interview at his home in Port Charlotte, in southwest Florida, Prevost said that His brother “would not allow” the politicization of his positionalthough “Maybe there are people who think that it is out of them, to be crazy”because “he has always been above” politics, “signs” and “teasing.”
“I think his mission forward will be to erase those (divisions) and unite everyone for something in common: Let’s be the Catholic Church, there are rules here, let’s just follow the rules As they exist now and we bring more people to the church, ”he said.
Prevost, who shares publications in favor of Trump on his Facebook accountthink that Leo XIV will bring “more unity and more people” to the churchwhere he does not glimpse that he “make major changes.”
“I think of He as a true man of the people, just for his history. And he is younger (than Pope Francis), maybe he could appeal to a younger audience. There are many young people returning to the Catholic Church, he could make that flow continuetake fallen Catholics, ”he said.
Ideological differences
Although Robert Francis Prevost, born in Chicago in 1955, is The first American Pope in History, There is no tuning with the Trump administration.
The American press stressed that, while the now Pope republished in X criticism of Trump’s immigration policy before his pontificate, His older brother shares in his social networks his support for the president’s vision.
“For a citizen like me it makes sense because you can’t come here and take advantage of you. If you want to come, go ahead, but see legally. Do not come and be a leech, ”said Louis Prevost.
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