There are many who call him Pope Leo XIV now, that called him just Prevost for years. And it\u2019s hard to change the name when you\u2019ve been his right hand man.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That\u2019s what happened to Father Jasson. He was Prevost\u2019s personal secretary in Peru. Who would have thought that this American missionary would one day become pope?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
FR. JASSON SEMPERTIGUE, Personal Secretary to R. Prevost (2016\u20132019)<\/strong> What was Prevost like in his diocese? Fr. Jasson is clear about it. He describes him as a pastor who took care of his main flock\u2014his priests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n FR. JASSON SEMPERTIGUE, Personal Secretary to R. Prevost (2016\u20132019)<\/strong> Fr. Jasson not only worked with Prevost for three years; he also lived with him. He highlights the then-bishop\u2019s spirituality, who found little moments throughout the day to pray.<\/p>\n\n\n\n FR. JASSON SEMPERTIGUE, Personal Secretary to R. Prevost (2016\u20132019)<\/strong> Fr. Jasson was able to reunite with Pope Leo a few days after he became Pope. And, although he is now known as Pope Leo XIV to everyone else, deep down he will always be Robert Prevost to Fr. Jasson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n CA Father Jasson was Prevost\u2019s personal secretary in Peru. Who would have thought that this American missionary would one day become pope?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":758,"featured_media":77901,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/1NqqBIZ4a0g","video_descarga":"https:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/https:\/bsegretaripapaeng.mp4","international_url":"https:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bsegretaripapaint.mp4","type":"bn","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77904"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/758"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77904"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77904\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77906,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77904\/revisions\/77906"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
I have the pride and joy to say that I am part of the first group of priests he ordained as bishop. And, after I was ordained a priest, he called me to work with him as his personal secretary.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
I had the opportunity to see him confront people who came with false accusations, or accusations that were not sufficiently proven with solid testimony. I saw him defend his priests strongly and defend the truth until proven otherwise.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
He prayed with us whenever he could, and on special occasions, before meals, and then he would pray silently. Sometimes I saw him walking outside the bishop\u2019s residence. He would take what seemed like a walk, but deep down, beyond the walk, it was a prayer he was saying in those moments.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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