John Brevost, the fourteenth brother of Pope Liu, is reflected in his election and values

John Pierrest knew that there was an opportunity to elect his brother, the Pope.

“Last Saturday when I was in the church, one of the priests came and told me that the possibilities in Las Vegas ranged from 18 to 1,” said Mr. Prevost, who lives on the outskirts of Chicago. “He had no doubt. He thought he would definitely be my brother.”

But the Cardinal Robert Francis Brevost, who was preparing for the group, ignored it when he called his older brother from Illinois.

“No, it will not happen,” recalls, 71, who retired from a profession as a teacher and director.

Of course, it happened. Cardinal Bruce is now the fourteenth Pope Liu, the first American Pontif. And for his friends and family in Illinois, where the Pope grew up, everything is different.

In a large -scale interview on Thursday afternoon at his home in New Linux, a city with 27,000 people, about 40 miles southwest of the city of Chicago, John Privost reflects the rise of his brother to the papacy, the values ​​of the new Pope and his American roots.

Liu, who was used to call Rob, “has a great and great desire to help the oppressed and deprived of the people who have been ignored,” said Mr. Pierrest. He expected his brother to continue his legacy, Pope Francis.

“The best way I can describe now is that he will follow the footsteps of Francis,” said Mr. Pievost. “They were very good friends. They knew each other before it was the Pope, before my brother was a bishop.”

Mr. Prevost said he usually talks over his brother every night, but he has not spoken to him since Conclave started. He said that the new Pope was “simple, really, that he would not go out for a 19 -round meal.” Mr. Pierwost said last August, his brother remained with him at his home in New Linux for a few weeks.

The brothers in Dolton, Illinois, grew up outside Chicago, and the Church and School in Saint -Marie were ranked from the diocese of the assumption on the southern side of Chicago. Their father, Luis Brevost, was the head of the school and their mother, Meldid Pierrebost, was a library secretary who was deeply involved in the life of the parish. In addition to John and Robert, now Leo, The Prevosts had another son, who now lives in Florida.

In the future, the Pope left Illinois to join the secondary school in Michigan and the college in Pennsylvania, but he returned to his mandate for the graduate schools and for various diseases with Augustine, the religious system he joined. Liu also spent a lot of his career in Peru.

John Privost described Pope Liu as “the middle of the road” and said: “I don’t think we will see extremism in both cases.” But he said that his brother will not be afraid to use this new platform.

“I don’t think he will remain calm for a long time if he has what he says,” said Prevost said. “I know that he is not happy with what is going on with immigration. I know it is for some fact. To what extent will he go with, it just guess, but he will not only sit. I don’t think it will be silent.”

When asked if his brother had expressed their desire to be the Pope, Mr. Pigwst said, “Not really.” But over time, when the church climbed, his answer to this question began to shift.

“It was not the case at all, no, God forbid,” said Mr. Penthust. “Then it became so,” well, if what God wants, we will deal with it. “

On Thursday, it was a fog for Mr. Prevost, whose phone was constantly ranging during an interview and his street was lining up with news trucks.

“I get that people are interested because he is the first in many ways.”

In response to a question about what his parents, who died years ago, he said: “They will be on the cloud 9. He will not believe at all. You cannot even dream of this.”

When he can finally reach his brother, Mr. Prevost said he intends to ask what he will do for relaxation and whether he will be out of the position. He said he hoped to go to see him in Rome, but he did not know how to do this.

In the direct term, though, there was one important fact to clarify it. The Pope was not a fan of Chicago Cubs, as some have mentioned. He was always chanting for White Sox.