What is an Augustinian?

Search for God should be 'first apostolate', Pope Francis tells Augustinians

Pope Francis told members of a men’s religious order Friday that the first goal personally and in their apostolates should be an orientation of their hearts toward God, who is Love.

Pope Leo XIV: A biographical timeline

Key dates in the life and ministry of Pope Leo XIV, elected May 8, 2025, as the 266th successor to St. Peter.

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…

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 […] The post Who is Leo XIV, newly elected #1 US Vicar of Christ on Earth, Augustinian missionary? first appeared on VT Foreign Policy.

Robert Francis Prevost became the first Pope of the Order of St. Augustine in the history of the Catholic Church. His election broke with an unwritten custom of the College of Cardinals, where papal candidates used to be among the most visible Catholic orders such as Jesuits or Franciscans. Augustinians are a religious community officially founded in 1244 and present in more than 40 countries of the world. Their apostolate includes education, mi…