« I just freaked out, » said Louis Prevost, who watched at home in Florida as his brother was named pope.
The new pope’s Florida-based brother has revealed the moment he realised his sibling, Robert Prevost, had become the figurehead of the Catholic Church.
« When the cardinal came out and started to read his name as soon as he went ‘Ro’, I knew, you know, he was going to say, ‘Roberto’, and he did », Louis Prevost told WBBH in Port Charlotte.