The Augustinian nuns of Lecceto are a small community living in a hermitage 10 kilometers (a little more than six miles) from the city of Siena in Italy. The hermitage bears witness to an ancient ...

Not only is the newly elected pontiff the first North American to serve as head of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Leo is also the first from the Order of Saint Augustine, a tight-knit group of ...

Nuns at the Augustinian Nuns Monastery in New Lenox celebrated the appointment and their new Holy Father. Bob Prevost was a frequent visitor to the monastery as an adult. Ninety-year-old Sister ...

Augustinian friar Paolo Angelone celebrates Mass in the Sanctuary of Our Mother of Good Counsel in Genazzano, Italy, on May 15. (Gregorio Borgia/Associated Press) GENAZZANO, Italy (AP) — A new ...

Moreover, he was the first member of the Order of St. Augustine to be elected to the papacy. Out of all 267 popes, only 51 have been members of religious orders. Pope Francis was elected in 2013 ...

The Augustinians just made history - and for Fr Leslie Gatt, it's personal. With Pope Leo XIV becoming the first pontiff from the Augustinian Order, the Maltese Prior Provincial quipped ...

In the middle of his first address at St. Peter’s, Leo directly quoted a single line from St. Augustine—a line he quoted again this weekend: “With you I am a Christian, and for you I am a ...

"Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale" (Photo Credit: Rory Mulvey / FOCUS FEATURES) “Downton Abbey” is officially moving into the 1930s with the latest teaser trailer for its upcoming movie ...

Downton Abbey is coming to an end this year and a first-look trailer of the hit show’s cinematic finale has been released. Titled Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale, the trailer for the upcoming ...

Casamari Abbey in Italy is a gem of Cistercian-Gothic art, whose stones have been imbued with the prayers of monks over the centuries. Here, the monks have dedicated their lives to the vows of ...

Caught Stealing' trailer sees Zoë Kravitz and Austin Butler's cat-sitting gone awry It's genuinely the end of Downton Abbey, with the Crawleys moving into the late 1930s and ready for their final ...

Focus Features has finally unleased the first real look at Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale, the third and final film in the movie series based on the PBS period drama created by Julian Fellowes.