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"The American-born Pope was trying to change his on-file address and phone number with his Chicago bank, two months into his papacy.

Recalling the event on Wednesday’s episode of CNN’s OutFront, the Pope’s brother, John Prevost, said Leo identified himself on the call by his birth name, Robert.

​“She said, ‘OK, what’s the bank account number?’” Prevost said, referring to the bank teller. ​

The Pope gave the bank teller his Social Security number and answered a list of security questions. ​

It was at that point that the teller said that he would need to travel to the bank to finalize the process in person. ​​


Prevost said he then tried to explain to the teller that it was the Pope she was speaking to and he was on the phone from Italy. ​

“It went on so long, I said, ‘You know, ma’am, it might be helpful for you to know you’re talking to my brother who’s in Rome right now,'” Prevost said. “‘You’re speaking with the Pope.'

“She said, ‘Oh really?’ And hung up.”​

The Pope’s brother went on to say that the woman had believed that she was the target of a prank call, with “one of the provincials” eventually going to the bank to sort out the situation."

Pope Leo’s bank in the US hung up on him as they thought it was a prank call | The Independent https://share.google/nhuR0xDx5s36UtRrD

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