Pope Leo XIV's brother calls election shocking

Pope Leo XIV's brother, John Prevost, described his sibling's election as the 267th leader of the Catholic Church as a "shocking moment."

Prevost recounted being on the phone with his niece when they received the news and their phones "went crazy."

He shared that his 69-year-old brother, formerly Cardinal Robert Prevost, was raised in the southern suburbs of Chicago by a school superintendent father and a librarian mother.

John recalled that his younger brother, the youngest of three children, "knew he was going to be a priest from the time he could walk."

He mentioned that a neighbor had once predicted his brother would be pope, calling it a "good prediction."

Prevost also shared that he had advised his brother against choosing the name Leo to avoid the "unlucky number" 13, but the new Pope apparently did his research.