Conservative brother of Leo XIV says new pope isn't ‘woke,’ praises his devotion to the Church

Pope Leo XIV s conservative brother noted in an interview this week that while the new pontiff is much more liberal than I am he's not woke Cardinal Robert Prevost was elected as the first American pope last week taking the name of Pope Leo XIV He has been described as a compromise candidate between the more traditional and progressive factions of the Roman Catholic Church One of his two brothers Louis Prevost an outspoken social conservative has pushed back against accusations that Pope Leo will serve as a so-called woke successor to the late Pope Francis On Monday Uncensored host Piers Morgan pressed him multiple times on whether he believes his brother will be a very liberal pope No I do not Prevost revealed arguing that while he will not roll back changes that the late Pope Francis made he will certainly not be a far-left leader PRESIDENT TRUMP CALLS FIRST AMERICAN POPE LEO XIV AN HONOR FOR US VERY HAPPY He wasn t like super political Prevost noted of knowing him as they grew up together He s not left he s not right he looks at the whole scene takes information from both sides and somehow finds a way to go down the middle and not ruffle too various feathers He acknowledged that Pope Leo like other members of the church has criticized President Donald Trump's methods amid the migrant problem but at the same time he understands that there s laws involved He added He may take offense with the method in which they re moving people out and comment on that but nonetheless you still have to follow the rules of the law If and when he meets with President Trump I don t doubt there will be several bumps in the discussion and selected heated conversation he explained but I don t think either of them will blow up like we saw with Trump and Zelenskyy in the White House Morgan replied The suggestion is your brother may be a touch on the woke side I know you re pretty anti-woke yourself Can you confirm or deny that your brother is woke CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND SOCIETY I don t even know that I d go that far to say he s woke Prevost answered He s allegedly much more liberal than I am but that s us He noted the pope's work with the poor in Peru as critical to him When demanded about the pope s beliefs about hot-button issues in the Church such as people petitioning for female priests and endorsement of gay marriage Prevost noted that was not going to happen No I don t see him allowing priests to marry or women to be priests I don t see him-he s not that liberal that I ve seen no he explained later suggesting I don t think we ll see him endorse gay marriage I think because of his studies in canon law and his background he's still-at his roots he's Catholic and he follows the rules of the Church and he may be able to change specific rules or modify particular rules as Pope I don't see him going there Prevost reported I just in all the years we've grown up together he may be liberal on various things but there's still that basic you have to maintain you know the rules of the Church It sounds like he might truly be a little bit more conservative than Donald Trump when they certainly get together Morgan replied Well I don't know that I d go that far Prevost reported He understands the laws are there for a reason and they're meant to be followed