There is no room in Augustine’s concept of authority for one who is self-seeking and in search of power over others,” he ...

Senior cardinal urges conclave voters to elect a pope who seeks communion, avoids personal interest.

With Pope Leo XIV being the first American pontiff, it could draw more people in the U.S. back to church, according to Br. Frank Connor, a member of the Order of Saint Augustine, a mendicant ...

Chicago native Pope Leo XIV, also known as Robert Prevost ... Budzik said the home garnered "steady interest" before Thursday, averaging one to two viewings a week, but that the fanfare ...

Whether Leo continues to weigh in on American politics will be closely watched. A Chicago native, he is the first U.S. pope and there has been intense interest in America in his appointment.

Pope Francis, who died on April 21, regularly called for peace in Ukraine. Since his election, Leo has signaled a deep interest in ending the war. Last week, he used his first Sunday address to ...

As an Augustinian, the new pope embodies the synthesis of tradition and pastoral closeness taught by St. Augustine.

The pope also has a more direct role on everyday Americans, in the sense that he is the head of a church followed by 20 ...

Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday briefly discussed the ... study of the statutes of the prelature and listened with great interest to the explanations given to him,” the official statement noted.

During his first Sunday address from the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica, Pope Leo XIV addressed the "great ones of this ...

Minutes later, a familiar face appeared on screens worldwide: a Villanova alum now known to the world as Pope Leo XIV and to others ... that’s lost the personal, pastoral touch,” said Hughes.