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  "publishedAt": "2026-04-17T00:19:12.000Z",
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  "textContent": "\n\n\nPope Leo's brother was forced to evacuate his home following a bomb threat.\n\nJohn Prevost, the middle brother of Pope Leo XIV, had a bomb threat reported at his New Lenox home, about 30 miles from the centre of Chicago.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nPolice investigated the home at 6.29pm on Wednesday and found no explosives or hazardous materials.\n\nNew Lenox police said surrounding homes were also evacuated \"out of an abundance of caution\".\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nTRENDING\n\nStories\n\nVideos\n\nYour Say\n\nSpecialised units, including an explosive-detecting K9 unit, were called to assist in the investigation.\n\nIn a statement, police said: \"After careful examination, investigators determined that the threat was unsubstantiated and that no explosive devices or hazardous materials were present.\"\n\nBut New Lenox police are continuing their investigation in order to find the origin of the false report.\n\nThe eldest brother in the Prevost family, Louis, has been praised by Donald Trump for his support of the President.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nThe bomb threat follows a public row between the leader of the Catholic Church and the President.\n\nPope Leo is currently in Cameroon where he criticised leaders who spend billions on wars and said the world was being \"ravaged by a handful of tyrants\".\n\nOn Thursday he said: \"The masters of war pretend not to know that it takes only a moment to destroy. Yet often a lifetime is often not enough to rebuild.\n\n\"They turn a blind eye to the fact that billions of dollars are spent on killing, on devastation. The resources needed for healing, education, and restoration are nowhere to be found.\"\n\n### LATEST ON POPE LEO:\n\n\n\n\n  * ‘Stick to morality!’ JD Vance takes swipe at Vatican as Donald Trump’s feud with Pope Leo escalates\n  * Donald Trump shares AI photo with Jesus days after 'blasphemous' post being depicted as Christ\n  * Pope Leo hits back at Donald Trump after US President's criticism of 'weak on crime' Pontiff\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nMr Trump has accused the Pope of being too liberal and \"weak on crime\" in the public spat.\n\nEarlier this week the President posted an image on Truth Social which seemingly depicted him as Jesus Christ.\n\nHe refused to apologise for the image but did delete the image, claiming it depicted him as a doctor, wearing a white robe.\n\nHe later posted a second AI image of Jesus Christ embracing the President in front of an American flag.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nVice President JD Vance - who has written a book about his conversion to Catholicism - told the Pope to \"stick to matters of morality\" as he weighed in on the spat.\n\nHe told a Turning Point USA event: \"When the Pope says that God is never on the side of people who wield the sword, there is more than a 1,000-year tradition of just war theory.\"\n\nBut a statement from the US Conference of Catholic Bishops said Mr Vance mis-stated the Pope's position, saying the Catholic Church teaches \"just war theory\" and a \"nation can only legitimately take up the sword ‘in self-defence, once all peace efforts have failed’\".\n\nIt added: \"When Pope Leo XIV speaks as supreme pastor of the universal Church, he is not merely offering opinions on theology, he is preaching the Gospel and exercising his ministry as the Vicar of Christ.\"\n\nThe first American Pontiff has consistently denounced the Iran war, previously saying the President's remarks he would remove Iran's civilisation as \"unacceptable\".\n\nOn social media, he previously said: \"Anyone who is a disciple of Christ, the Prince of Peace, is never on the side of those who once wielded the sword and today drop bombs.\"\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n**Our Standards: The GB News Editorial Charter**",
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