Pope Leo XIV is a man of many firsts; apart from being the first American-born pope, he is also the first pope to be an ...

Pope Leo XIV, elected May 8, is the first pope from the Order of St. Augustine, also known as the Augustinians or OSA, an ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost, the first U.S. pope in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church, previously led a Catholic ...

Pope Leo XIV has met with members of his Augustinian religious order during a visit to the congregation’s headquarters ...

Despite the order’s 800-year history – and its Italian origins – Pope Leo XIV is the first Augustinian to be named a pope.

Hours after Pope Leo XIV was selected by cardinals in the conclave, his friends from the Order of Saint Augustine spoke about ...

Experts see the new pontiff as less confrontational than his predecessor, but willing to stand up for the church's teachings.

The new pope, Chicago area native Robert Prevost, has faced criticism for not doing more to encourage his religious order, ...

The U.S.-born pope spent about a dozen years as a missionary in Peru and returned there later to serve as a bishop.

Peruvians have celebrated the election of a man many knew as a missionary and bishop during his 2 decades of service in the ...

"He knows everyone, and we all know him — that made it especially meaningful."The Shrine at Saint AugustineThe shrine, run by ...

Pope Leo XIV is calling for world leaders and their enemies to meet face-to-face. Pope Leo XIV sent out the call for the ...