User blog comment:Vinnypestana/The World, Joestars Stands Theory/@comment-31528659-20181107020621

At the time DIO found Pucci, I'm pretty sure he wasn't even a priest yet, and his real reasons for finding him had something to do with his Heaven plan. DIO using Hermit Purple was all because Araki planned for The World to have the ability of all stands, but the idea got scrapped later on. The World definitely isn't Jonathan's stand, as Diego from an alternate universe has another form of The World.