Bomb threat at home of Pope Leo's brother: Police
Source: the hill
by Patrick Djordjevic - 04/16/26 8:00 AM ET
(NewsNation) A bomb threat occurred at the home of the brother of Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday night, police in Illinois confirmed.
The New Lenox Police Department issued a statement acknowledging the threat at the home, but after a comprehensive search, it was determined to be unsubstantiated.
No injuries were reported and residents in the area have been allowed to return to their homes after evacuating, per police requests. Bomb-sniffing K-9s were used in the search.
The incident remains under investigation as authorities work to determine the origin of the report, police said. Making false reports of this nature is a serious offense and may result in criminal charges.
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Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5833902-pope-leo-brother-louis-prevost-bomb-threat/
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niyad
(133,557 posts)H2O Man
(79,187 posts)Is it possible this isn't a coincidence? That it isn't a random bomb threat?
SheltieLover
(81,428 posts)But I am convinced that we have some really sick individuals amongst us.
SheltieLover
(81,428 posts)AZ8theist
(7,534 posts)SheltieLover
(81,428 posts)agingdem
(8,940 posts)about Trump but stay silent in public..
Scrivener7
(59,962 posts)hadEnuf
(3,644 posts)These are Soviet Union Stalin tactics.
flashman13
(2,521 posts)aggiesal
(10,877 posts)BlueKota
(5,504 posts)Louis is the Magat. The older brother John is the one who was threatened. I don't believe John is a tsf supporter.
Wonder if Louis is proud of himself now for standing for people who would threaten his brothers?
niyad
(133,557 posts)BlueKota
(5,504 posts)I replied to your request farther down with a link to a story from NBC's Chicago affiliate. They state it was John's home in Illinois.
riversedge
(81,351 posts)This article does not say if brother was at home either.
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What we don't know:
It remains unclear who made the threat and whether it is connected to recent public tensions involving the pope and President Donald Trump............
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/bomb-threat-pope-leo-brother-chicago-suburb
mwmisses4289
(4,548 posts)I get the investigation has to run it's course, but i suspect the obvious will come out.
magicarpet
(19,107 posts)USA,.. USA,.. USA.
FUCK the judicial system,... trDUMP gave us a free pass.
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bucolic_frolic
(55,575 posts)They never catch anyone for threats. They can't all be experts in cyber security. Therefore, it must be a small cadre behind all of them. Authorities should look harder.
sop
(19,076 posts)I am so fucking sick of Trump and his scumbag followers.
Midnight Writer
(25,627 posts)This fucker has tasted blood and he is already drunk on it.
He won't get better. He will not "learn his lesson". He will not grow into a responsible adult. He will not become Presidential.
He will only get worse. The crazy will only get crazier, the cruelty will become crueler, the corruption will grow like a cancer.
He is The King, anointed by God, and questioning Him is blasphemy, punishable by death.
Nobody stands up to The MAGA Inquisition.
dave99
(128 posts)mwmisses4289
(4,548 posts)Maybe not always in grand gestures like a No kings march, but in little ways- an act of kindness here, a court case that wins there- people are standing up.
C Moon
(13,702 posts)Vinca
(54,220 posts)LudwigPastorius
(14,910 posts)If theres any upside to this, maybe it will make him rethink supporting Trump and his Nazi cult.
BlueKota
(5,504 posts)It was the Pope's other brother John. I just read the Pope has always been closer to John. Also tsf praised Louis in an interview.
niyad
(133,557 posts)Response to niyad (Reply #64)
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BlueKota
(5,504 posts)]https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/new-lenox-police-investigate-bomb-threat-at-pope-leo-xivs-brothers-home-in-illinois/3923661/
Clearly states it happened in Illinois and mentions,John.
Louis lives in Florida
niyad
(133,557 posts)sucks, written as if the pontiff only has one brother, whose name we should obviously know. grrrrr
dave99
(128 posts)Figarosmom
(12,832 posts)yorkster
(3,913 posts)John is the brother who lives in Chicsgo area.
hlthe2b
(114,387 posts)Just sayin... Among those with motivation to have this smear Liberal/Progressives, no denying...
displacedvermoter
(4,873 posts)it would be useful to him and /or Trump.
BlueKota
(5,504 posts)it would have been against Louis the magat brother, not John.
hlthe2b
(114,387 posts)which implies it was HIS house. Maybe not, but it doesn't say otherwise, but specifically discusses both Louis and Leo ONLY.
BlueKota
(5,504 posts)hlthe2b
(114,387 posts)PatrickforB
(15,494 posts)think this will stop Pope Leo from speaking prophetically, though.
dawn5651
(788 posts)snowybirdie
(6,730 posts)about the other MAGA, brother in SW Florida!
bluestarone
(22,377 posts)They continue to stand by when ever needed.
BidenRocks
(3,432 posts)how are these calls not traceable given AI and all the other caller ID?
maga is not smart enough to think this through, which means the cops do not want to find the caller!
Did the call come from area code 202?
mwmisses4289
(4,548 posts)So not as anonymous as one might think.
bluestarone
(22,377 posts)We at our house have been getting spam calls from 202 868 5207 last couple days!!
oberle
(392 posts)Most of the Federal Government has the 202 area code.
Nigrum Cattus
(1,346 posts)right wing religious extremists are bad enough, but repug
RWRE's are unAmerican failures of the highest degree.
Doodley
(12,032 posts)slightlv
(7,882 posts)Money in the poor buckets, and fewer people on the rolls. Real Christians should break off from churches who condone this kind of behavior... even silently... start their own Christian churches or pack the progressive Christian churches. That's just my opinion, and its from an outsider looking in... I'm not a Christian, so you can take it for what it's worth. I don't mean to offend anyone. I like this pope. He walks the talk on a good many issues... not all, unfortunately. But enough the faith would be less without him IMO.
magicarpet
(19,107 posts)... denounce these fake and fascist KKKrishtun and ridicule them every chance they get. It is like how the radical rightwing "conservative" family values Nazis cooped the American flag. As if they were the only ones worthy of flying our flag because they were the only true patriotic Americas.
Same applies to these Nazi KKKrishtuns - it is about time true Christians took a stand and clearly equivocate that the Nazi KKKrishtuns have alot of nerve and audacity to claim that they are the true followers for Jesus Christ. They know nothing of his teachings and certainly DO NOT practice what he preached. This should be made loudly and clearly to these Nazis every chance we get.
They have had a free pass long enough to falsely proclaim their love and devotion to Jesus - while they act as demons putting everything and everyone else down.
Enough of their bullshit.
slightlv
(7,882 posts)In WWII. Stand true to the true Faith and be cut down or try to wait for the death of the demigod. It's not an easy place to be and damn trump for bastardizing the faith like he has. We have our own problems with some of the Asatru... so I feel it when one of the "good" priests gets called out like this. Priests and Priestesses of goodwill and common cause should all stand together in times like these. The bridges we built in Interfaith services should do us well now, and not be forgotten when the danger has passed. At some point "they" will come for us... they always do. But I will still stand by the minister or priest who walks the talk of his faith, just as I surely try to do the same each day.
But in essence I agree... more noise must come from the faithful. Trump draws his religion from the charismatics and from Norman Vincent Peale. He is not now, nor has he ever been Bible based. Anything above a whisper could drown out his noise... like take apart hegsbreaths repetition of a fake Bible verse of a movie line and mock it mercilessly in hometown newspapers big and small.
Doodley
(12,032 posts)Clouds Passing
(8,144 posts)SheltieLover
(81,428 posts)Clouds Passing
(8,144 posts)SheltieLover
(81,428 posts)aggiesal
(10,877 posts)How Irony Deficient of them.
Ocelot II
(131,028 posts)aggiesal
(10,877 posts)Dave Bowman
(7,337 posts)returnee
(960 posts)MAGA a terrorist organization.
angrychair
(12,424 posts)Where Republicans go after the family members of people as a way of getting at the person they really want to hurt.
It's incredibly destructive.
FakeNoose
(42,093 posts)dem4decades
(14,246 posts)Perhaps you'd like to stop the criticism and tell the world that Jesus told me that he favors the war.
PSPS
(15,361 posts)
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70sEraVet
(5,569 posts)The Pope doesn't have wife or kids, so a brother will have to serve as a soft target.
niyad
(133,557 posts)bluestarone
(22,377 posts)Do it .He let them trash the Capital. So is he calling out these bomb threats? I'm thinking fuck NO. Has any RETHUG asked him to call off his GOONS? Fuck no!
JokeHer
(54 posts)But I HATE TRUMP and his cult and I hope they all burn in hell for eternity!!!!