The sanctuary, which is managed by Augustinian friars, has been a place of pilgrimage since the 15th century and the previous Pope Leo elevated it to a minor basilica and expanded the adjacent ...

Vatican City (AFP) – Leo XIV prayed at the tomb of Pope Francis on Saturday, just two days after being elected new head of the Catholic Church and hours after vowing to humbly follow in his ...

Not only is he the first American pope, he is the first from the Augustinian order, whose tenets are central life at Villanova. Student Amelia Weiss was in her dorm with the door open as others ...

In 2005, Leo, the first American and Augustinian pontiff, visited Merrimack College in North Andover when he served as Prior General of the Augustinians to celebrate Mass and received an honorary ...

In another hint to his priorities, the Vatican revealed that Leo, a member of the Augustinian religious order, would retain the motto and coat of arms that he had as bishop of Chiclayo ...