Louis Prevost, the elder brother of Pope Leo XIV, has said that he and the new pontiff “hold different views on migration” but insisted their bond remains strong despite political differences.
Speaking to ABC on 28 October, the 73-year-old Floridian described himself as a supporter of Donald Trump’s MAGA movement and an “advocate of controlled immigration”, positions “not shared by my brother”. He added that he avoids speaking publicly on illegal migration “in order not to harm him”.
Louis, who shares with his brother a fondness for cars, said he recognises the same traits in the man now occupying the Apostolic Palace. “I see the things he does as pope and think, ‘That’s what my brother would have done.’ He is himself,” he said. Leo, he added, is “neither quiet nor shy — if he has something to say, he will say it.”
