Difficulty updating his ‘heavenly bank account’.
Most of us have had a bad experience during phone calls with our banks – and apparently, even the most well-known are not spared this humbling experience.
It’s been reported today that a Chicago bank worker hung up on none other than Pope Leo XIV.
The pontiff was trying to change his on-file address to the Vatican, but the woman thought it was a prank.
This story (with slight variations) has been told by the pope’s brother, John Prevost, and close friend Rev. Tom McCarthy.
It is a scene that feels more like a sitcom script than a Vatican reality: Two months after Robert Francis Prevost, a Chicago-born cardinal, was elected Pope Leo XIV, he found himself at the mercy of a customer service representative.
Read the full story:https://t.co/E7gMaOGQwXpic.twitter.com/2Q0u9Lp01v
— National Catholic Register (@NCRegister)May 7, 2026
“‘Would it matter to you if I told you I’m Pope Leo?’” the pope asked his bank, according to Rev. Tom McCarthy, longtime friend of the Chicago-born pontiff.https://t.co/v9F4oJiQiz
— Chicago Sun-Times (@Suntimes)May 7, 2026
Source: The Gateway Pundit
