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While the man once known as Robert Prevost won’t be there in person, he will appear in what event organizers describe as “a video message from Pope Leo XIV to the young people of the world.”

“That was his thing. He liked to get out and go to a game once in a while,” Louis Prevost told the Chicago Tribune of his brother, the future pope.

On many issues, such as his advocacy for immigrants, Leo — who before this month was known as Cardinal Robert Prevost — is expected to act in line with the direction taken by Pope Francis, which might be expected given the high-ranking roles that Francis appointed him to.

“What seems to have happened is that the Latin American cardinals were solidly united behind Prevost, and as a result, on the first ballot, he got a lot more votes than was expected, whereas some of the other people who were the supposed front runners didn't get as many votes as they thought they would,” Reese told Salon.

“Expectations of Prevost were low, and he exceeded them, and the cardinals started to say, ‘Who’s this?’ and they took a look at them and liked him,” Reese said.