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‘Not That Liberal’: Pope Leo XIV’s Brother Believes His Sibling Won’t ‘Pull The Church Hard-Left’

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Louis Prevost, the brother of Pope Leo XIV, said he did not believe the new leader of the Catholic Church would drag the institution further to the left.

The pope has reposted several posts suggesting that he holds left-leaning views, particularly regarding President Donald Trump’s immigration policies, the COVID-19 vaccine and the Black Lives Matter riots in 2020. His brother, who has posted several conservative-leaning social media posts, told Piers Morgan that his brother will not take “hard-left” positions that force the church to the left.

“I don’t think he’s gonna pull the Church hard-left, I think he’ll just be down the middle. If and when he meets with President Trump, I don’t doubt there will be some bumps in the discussion and some heated conversations. I don’t think either one of them will blow up like we’ve seen with Trump and [Ukrainian President Volodymyr] Zelenskyy in the White House because he’s not that kind of a person to get argumentative … They may agree to disagree,” Provost said.

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Prevost said that while his brother may disagree with Trump on some immigration policies, he understands that the U.S. and other countries have certain laws that must be followed.

“[Pope Leo] is a big believer in canon law which is basically, that’s the Church. How the Church behaves. So, I don’t see him pulling in tighter what [Pope] Francis has done, but he’ll maintain that,” Prevost said. “If he sees something he doesn’t like, I know there was a comment about President Trump’s immigration policies and how he didn’t agree with that. I think you’ll find, in my opinion, a lot of the Catholic Church just basically believes people have a right to exist wherever they’re at, but I think he also understands that there’s laws involved. The U.S. has laws, every country has immigration laws.”

“He may take offense with the method in which they’re moving people out and comment on that, but I think when it comes to the immigration law says you have to enter legally and do the paperwork, and if you haven’t done that. There’s no difference really in you’ve violated U.S. law against you violated church law,” Prevost continued.

Morgan asked Prevost what his brother’s stance would be on women priests and other controversial issues surrounding the Church.

“I don’t see allowing priests to marry or women priests. He’s not that liberal that I’ve seen,” Prevost answered.

Social media posts written and shared by the pope regarding U.S. politics have come to light following the beginning of his papacy on Thursday. In some posts, he expressed support for racial equality during the summer of 2020 and harshly criticized Trump’s immigration policies.

Under his name Robert Prevost, he shared a headline published by the National Catholic Reporter which read, “[Vice President] JD Vance is wrong: Jesus doesn’t ask us to rank our love for others,” on his X account, which rebutted Vance’s argument that people prioritize their families and friends over their communities and the rest of the world.

The now-pope also shared a separate article by America Magazine that criticized Trump’s immigration policies. Following the death of George Floyd, the current pope stated in a May 30, 2020, X post that the Catholic Church needs to “reject racism and seek justice.”

Leo voted in the 2012, 2014 and 2016 Republican primaries in Wills County, Illinois, NBC News reported. He reportedly last voted in a Democrat primary in 2010, according to CBS News.