Robert Prevostchosen as Pope this Thursday with the name of Leo XIV in the conclave held after the death of Francisco, thought about leaving the priesthood When I was young to marry and have children.
“Sometimes, I spoke with my father of very specific things, about the doubts that could enter when as a young man I thought ‘perhaps it is better to leave this life and Marry me, have children‘, A life, say, normal, what I also knew in my family, moments of choice, of discernment that were very important, “Prevost said in an interview with TG1 before being chosen Pope.
The then Cardinal emphasizes in the interview that he had “a lot of confidence” in his parents and explained that his family “was and is still very close“, although his parents already died.
When he talked about those issues with his father, the new Pope remembers that he, with his experience, talked about things like the intimacy that his parents had and how much was important: “But also of a Vocation to the priesthoodhow much a proximity to Christ was important, to know Jesus, really know the love of God in life. “
“When my father spoke to me like this, in a very human, but very deep way, I said, here You have to listenthink a lot about what he told me, “says Leo XIV about his father, highlighting that he was a teacher and worked in schools.
The Pontiff explains in the interview he was born in the United States, in Chicago, and that, although his parents were born in Chicago, his grandparents were all immigrants, “French and Spanish“
Prevost began studying at a local parish school and, with the proximity of some diocesan priests, “the idea of the possibility of becoming a priest was born”: “Then I met my Religious family, the Augustinians“
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