Peru’s Augustinian friars remember ‘Monsignor Roberto’ as defender of ‘those who have nothing’

Peru’s Augustinian friars remember ‘Monsignor Roberto’ as defender of ‘those who have nothing’

CHICLAYO, Peru (OSV News) — Father Jorge Majail still remembers feeling nervous as a young seminarian ahead of a visit from the then-superior general of the Order of St. Augustine, Father Robert Francis Prevost — the man who would become Pope Leo XIV. “You would expect that the general who is going to arrive will be a person who shows his authority. But, no,” Father Majail, now spokesman for the Augustinians in Peru, told OSV News.  “Right from …

The future pope was a fighter for the downtrodden, fellow missionary recalls - Church in Need

Pope Leo XIV is a bishop who is “going to hear the cry of the suffering Church,” predicts a fellow Augustinian missionary who lived and worked with the future pontiff in Peru for 10 years. As a missionary in Peru, facing threats in a difficult time in the country, the future pope stood by and spoke up for Christians whose freedom and basic rights were violated, said the priest. Father John J. Lydon, OSA, has known Robert F. Prevost since their s…

The arrival of the new Pope Leo XIV has caused a great expectation. In this desire to know more about his trajectory and his experiences, his links with Spain have been highlighted. His name is Robert Francis Prevost Martínez; and although he was born in Chicago, his mother had Spanish ancestry. It has also been known that he has visited Spain on several occasions, all related to Augustinians. Cardinal Prevost served as the prior general of the …