Àlex Pérez

1 week ago | abcnews.go.com | Alex Perez |Àlex Pérez |Meredith Deliso

Robert Prevost's brother, John, said a neighbor told him he'd be pope as a kid. ByAlex Perez and Meredith DelisoJohn Prevost, brother of newly elected Pope Leo XIV, Robert Prevost, speaks with ABC News in New Lenox, Illinois, May 8, 2025. ABC NewsWhen Cardinal Robert Prevost was in the first grade, his neighbor told him he would be the first American pope, his brother told ABC News.

Oct 16, 2024 | imprintnews.org | Alex Perez |Àlex Pérez

Parents accused of harming their children have a right to a court-appointed attorney in Minnesota and most of the country. But legal help is only guaranteed once allegations of abuse or neglect land in court through a formal petition submitted to a judge. Now, a new program in the state’s largest county offers parents counsel well before this stage, when child welfare workers are still deciding whether drug use, domestic violence or mental illness threatens a child’s health and safety.