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Pope Leo XIV’s very relatable first phone call with brother caught on camera: ‘Why don’t you answer your phone?’

May 10, 2025
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Pope Leo XIV’s very relatable first phone call with brother caught on camera: ‘Why don’t you answer your phone?’
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Pope Leo XIV’s first phone call with his brother after he was elected the first American pontiff was caught live by a reporter — with the Holy Father needling his sibling about “two hours” worth of missed calls.

John Prevost, the 69-year-old pope’s older brother, was hosting Associated Press journalist Obed Lamey at his New Lenox, Ill., home Thursday when he realized that he had missed several calls on his iPad from his brother in Rome, the very relatable video shows.

Pope Leo XIV's brother John Prevost speaks to the new pontiff in their first phone call on May 8, 2025.
Pope Leo XIV’s brother John Prevost speaks to the new pontiff in their first phone call on May 8, 2025. AP

“Oh, he’s called for two hours already,” a disconcerted John said.

He then calls back the 267th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church on speaker phone, who promptly answers his big brother’s call.

“Well, why don’t you answer your phone?” Pope Leo said, with an accent befitting a New Lenox neighbor, before John could say anything.

“Well, first you need to know that you’re on the air right now. This has been going on since 11 o’clock this morning,” John said to silence. “This is the first time I’m hearing that this thing rang. And we are being filmed and recorded.”

“Right now?” Leo asked.

“Right this very minute,” his brother replied.

Pope Leo XIV walks out on the loggia of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican after being elected pope on May 8, 2025.
Pope Leo XIV walks out on the loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican after being elected pope on May 8, 2025. AP
John Prevost holds a family portrait of the three Prevost brothers from 1958.
John Prevost holds a family portrait of the three Prevost brothers from 1958. AP

The audio then cuts off, but the video shows John casually laughing at a remark made by Pope Leo. 

Lamy characterized the history-making chat he witnessed as a shockingly normal conversation between brothers.

The elder Prevost said the ascension of his sibling — formally known as Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost — to the papacy is somewhat bittersweet.

He explained that the two brothers were daily communicants — even regularly playing online word games over the iPad — but that will all change with the extensive responsibilities bestowed upon Leo.

Pope Leo XIV addresses cardinals during his first Mass as pope inside the Sistine Chapel on May 9, 2025.
Pope Leo XIV addresses cardinals during his first Mass as pope inside the Sistine Chapel on May 9, 2025. Getty Images

The communication hindrances are sure to be exacerbated by the seven-hour time difference between Rome and the Windy City — though John told the AP he plans on visiting the Eternal City to see his brother at his new job.

The family chat marks one of the first times the first American Pope was heard speaking English.

After choosing not to speak in his native tongue at his announcement — opting for Italian, Spanish and Latin — Pope Leo XIV said part of his first papal mass in English in the Sistine Chapel.

“You have called me to carry that cross and to be blessed with that mission, and I know I can rely on each and every one of you to walk with me as we continue as a church, as a community, as friends of Jesus, as believers, to announce the Good News, to announce the Gospel,” Leo said in English, his Chicago accent not entirely absent.

The post Pope Leo XIV’s very relatable first phone call with brother caught on camera: ‘Why don’t you answer your phone?’ appeared first on New York Post.

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