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Is Pope Leo still playing Wordle and Words with Friends with his Chicago family?


Newly elected Pope Leo XIV, Robert Prevost arrives on the main central loggia balcony of the St Peter's Basilica for the first time, after the cardinals ended the conclave, in The Vatican, on May 8, 2025. Robert Francis Prevost was on Thursday elected the first pope from the United States, the Vatican announced. A moderate who was close to Pope Francis and spent years as a missionary in Peru, he becomes the Catholic Church's 267th pontiff, taking the papal name Leo XIV. (Photo by Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP) (Photo by ALBERTO PIZZOLI/AFP via Getty Images)
Newly elected Pope Leo XIV, Robert Prevost arrives on the main central loggia balcony of the St Peter's Basilica for the first time, after the cardinals ended the conclave, in The Vatican, on May 8, 2025. Robert Francis Prevost was on Thursday elected the first pope from the United States, the Vatican announced. A moderate who was close to Pope Francis and spent years as a missionary in Peru, he becomes the Catholic Church's 267th pontiff, taking the papal name Leo XIV. (Photo by Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP) (Photo by ALBERTO PIZZOLI/AFP via Getty Images)
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Becoming the Pope is a life-changing opportunity, but not everything has changed for the newly elected Pope Leo XIV.

His brother, John Prevost, spoke with NBC Chicago, revealing some they still play Wordle and speak on the phone daily.

“We do Wordle. Then, we do the Worth with Friends and that I usually ask him, now – ‘Who did you meet famous?’” Prevost told NBC Chicago.

Fame is definitely something new for the Prevost family, but the public’s curiosity doesn’t stop at Pope Leo.

Prevost, who is not one for the limelight, turned down numerous interviews since his brother’s election and said that his life changed dramatically.

“It’s been nonstop. People know who I am when they see me. They seem to think that I look like him. There might be a family resemblance, so it’s been nonstop. Some of it good, some of it kind of sad. A lot of it unexpected,” he told the outlet.

People are also hoping to make a divine connection through him.

“I get letters almost daily to, 'Please have your brother pray for my son, who’s got a debilitating disease. We tried. We’re looking for a miracle.' Those things are sad," Prevost said.

That said, Prevost doesn’t answer the phone “unless I know who it is.”

He also revealed the family plans to celebrate the pontiff’s 70th birthday in September with a trip to Rome.

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