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00:00Ilang posisyon ang hinawakan ni Pope Leo XIV bago naging Santo Papa.
00:06Kabilang dyan ang pagiging Prior General ng Order of St. Augustine o ang Religious Order ng mga Agustinong Pari.
00:13Makakapanayam natin ngayon ang isa sa mga Pilipinong Pari na nagkaroon ng close encounter kay Pope Leo XIV, si Fr. Jonas Mejarez.
00:21Magandang tanghali po and welcome sa Balitang Hali, Fr. Jonas.
00:26Magandang tanghali po sa inyo lahat dyan.
00:28Fr. Jonas, paano po kayo nagkaroon ng close encounter with Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost?
00:37Okay, first of all, we belong to the same order.
00:40Oh, Agustinian.
00:42Agustinian, oo.
00:43Yeah, he visited the Philippines or he came here for a row or five times.
00:51But what's clear in my mind was he was here in 2002, 2004, 2008, and 2010 actually.
01:00Opo.
01:00Every time nandito siya, meron kami, ano, tawag nito, is either provincial chapter or intermediate general chapter.
01:14It's an assembly of Agustinians actually.
01:18Ang provincial chapter is an assembly governing the different province.
01:24So, yung mga members po ng isang province, ano po sila, magkakaroon ng gathering, magkaroon ng asserting.
01:34Tapos yung presiding officer by that time ay yung provincial, not provincial, kundi general, prior general.
01:44So, in the prison of General Fringos at the time because he served as our prior general for two terms.
01:50Way back from 2001 up to 2013.
01:54So, one term is equivalent to six years.
01:58So, he served as prior general for two terms.
02:01So, it was from 2001 again up to 2013.
02:05So, yung mga panahon yun, nagkaroon kami ng close encounter, but the last of which was last month because I went to Rome.
02:12Father Jonas, if I may interrupt, nabasa ko po kasi yung inyong Facebook post.
02:22At sinabi niyo po doon na parang sa unang tingin, iisipin mo na may pagkastrikto itong si Pope Leo XIV.
02:30Pero, ang sabi niyo, he's actually very cool.
02:33Why did you say those things po?
02:34Very cool, very approachable.
02:37Kasi yung postura kasi niya, yung profile niya, akala mo ganoon.
02:41But, when you talk to him, napakabahit po, napaka-approachable.
02:46Really?
02:46But, ang masabi ko sa kanya, he's a mad few words, but he speaks with precision talaga.
02:52Very clear, with clarity ng mind niya.
02:56When he speaks, talagang he speaks with calmness.
02:59Yes.
03:00With composure.
03:01But, again, he speaks, when you talk to him, or with him, right there, and then, it's straight to the point.
03:09He doesn't talk so much excessively.
03:11Like, yung mga trivial things, parang P&A niya yun.
03:18Hindi siya mahilig sa small talk.
03:21Oo, small talks.
03:22Talagang, pag nag-usap kayo, something very substantial, something very essential.
03:27Though, you can talk also something.
03:28Okay.
03:29Pero, hindi siya gano'n ka-in sa mga gano'ng nang-usapin.
03:34Opo.
03:35Father Jonas, usually sinasabi nila, kapag yung pinili mo na PayPal name, ito yung mag-set ng direction sa iyong papacy.
03:44He chose Leo XIV.
03:47Alam natin, si Leo XIII was really a champion of social justice and rights for the minorities and workers.
03:54Sa tingin niyo po ba, isa rin ito sa ipagpapatuloy ni Pope Leo XIV, yung ganitong klaseng sistema ng social justice and rights for the minorities.
04:05By the mere fact that he has chosen a name.
04:07Yes.
04:08It reaches a good signal or the impression na ipagpatuloy talaga niyo.
04:12Based dun sa kanyang life history, he was working as missionary dun sa Peru, as a priest, as a bishop.
04:24So, dun, masabi natin that he has the passion of, you know, doing all these things, continuing what was being left by Pope Leo XIII.
04:36Yun ang masabi kong ano.
04:39Kaya pinili niya yun.
04:43Pinili niya yun yung pakala na yun.
04:44Maraming maraming salamat po sa inyong oras, Father Jonas Mejares.
04:49Thank you very much for your time.
04:50Maraming salamat din po.
04:51Maraming salamat din po.
04:52Again, what made him a Pope for me, this is my personal opinion,
04:59because he was able to bring actually, he was able to bring to the table his pastoral experience,
05:05his pastoral exposure, you know, plus the fact that he's an expert of the law because he is a canon lawyer, actually.
05:13So, he can easily navigate the complexities of the structure and governance of the central government in Rome, in the Vatican.
05:23So, yun ang combination yun.
05:25And aside from that, he's a polyglot.
05:28Aside from English, he can speak very well Spanish.
05:30He was in Peru.
05:32He can speak Italian because he studied in Italy.
05:34He was studying Canelo.
05:35And then he can speak Portuguese.
05:37He can speak French.
05:38Yes.
05:38So, as a prophet, he can understand very well German and Latin.
05:44So, we are in good hands because the Pope, as I would like to describe him, is both doctrinal and pastoral.
05:52Maraming salamat po.
05:53Talagang malapit ang puso sa mga tao.
05:56Maraming salamat po sa inyong panahon.
05:58Maraming salamat din po.
05:59Father Jonas Mejares.
06:01God bless.
06:02God bless.