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"The congressman is a Catholic and has immense respect for the Holy Father," Brady's chief of staff, Stan White, told ABC News.
Brady told the Philadelphia Daily News he took the glass back to his office, where he sipped from it with his wife, Debra, and two staffers.
"How many people do you know that drank out of the same glass as the pope?" Brady asked.
The representative said he invited U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., into his office, and Casey brought his wife and mother to dip their fingers in the glass.
Brady said he poured the rest of the water in a bottle and he plans to use it to bless his four grandchildren.
Brady said he is keeping the glass in a paper bag so he can have police fingerprint it and confirm its authenticity.
"They're pretty busy right now," he said.