Podcast host Piers Morgan asked Pope Leo XIV’s pro-Trump brother Lou Prevost if he has received any calls from the Vatican since his sibling’s election asking him to tone down his support of the Republican president.

Following Pope Francis’ death April 21 at 88, the Catholic Church’s College of Cardinals gathered for conclave in the Sistine Chapel to choose his successor. When white smoke finally rose from the chapel’s chimney Thursday, the new Pope was announced to the world as American Cardinal Robert Prevost, who took Leo XIV as his papal name.

Shortly after the Chicago-born Leo was revealed as the new pontiff, supporters of President Donald Trump and his Make America Great Again movement began ripping the Holy Father’s past social media posts that were critical of the U.S. leader and Vice President JD Vance.

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