US EditionWhat is an Augustinian?
- Pope Leo XIV, formerly Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, became the 267th pope on May 8, 2025, at St. Peter's Basilica in Rome.
- Prevost's election followed his extensive missionary career in Peru and leadership roles within the Augustinian order and Vatican, amid traditional European reservations about a U.S. Pope.
- Leo XIV is the first American-born pope and the first Augustinian pope, who addressed the crowd in Spanish, thanked Pope Francis, and emphasized peace and modern church engagement.
- He declared, "Peace be with you all," stressed peacemaking and dialogue with other religions, and urged Catholics to act without fear to build bridges for world peace.
- Leo XIV's election signals a more international church leadership with potential focus on harmony, outreach, and evolving Vatican roles like his previous office in the Dicastery for Bishops.
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Pope Leo XIV from the Augustinian Order - what does the Order stand for?
Leo XIV is only the second Pope from the Augustinian Order. What does this tradition-rich order stand for, where many might think of Munich beer or perhaps Martin Luther at first? By Anna Giordano.
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Pope Leo XIV: Why the College of Cardinals chose the Chicago native and Augustinian to lead the church after Francis
Newly elected Pope Leo XIV appears on the central loggia of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican shortly after his election as pontiff, on May 8, 2025. AP Photo/Domenico StinellisWhen the 69-year-old Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost on May 8, 2025, appeared on the main balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica for the first time as Pope Leo XIV, he was cheered loudly by the huge crowd of pilgrims, tourists, local Catholics and other onlookers, who had waite…
Pope Leo XIV: What should you know about the Augustinians, the congregation from which the Pontiff emerged?
Cardinal Robert Prevost, the first pope of the United States in the 2,000 years of history of the Catholic Church, previously led a Catholic religious order.At the level of a magisterium, though cautious, he spoke in line with Pope Francis, defending the idea of a clergy “near the people”, diametrically opposed to the figure of a “directive” or “a manager.” Prevost, 69, who chose the name of Pope Leo XIV, was formerly the prior general, or leade…
Who is Leo XIV, newly elected #1 US Vicar of Christ on Earth, Augustinian missionary?
The name chosen by a Pope is not random but an extremely synthetic expression of his pastoral program. Nomen Omen. For example, the late Pope Francis had chosen that name to ideally refer to Saint Francis, known as the poor man of Assisi, thus meaning a pauperist program. What does Leo, the name of the
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