"I asked him why he took this name," Filoni said. "He's an Augustinian. ... He told me, 'In this moment, we need a man with a clear vision of the Church.'"
In a statement, the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin’s leadership in Nigeria provided details of the car accident that occurred in Nigeria’s Enugu state.
Pope Leo XIV explained his choice of name and the Church’s social teaching in the face of artificial intelligence and more.
Leo, born in Chicago, Illinois in 1955, became a novitiate in the Order of Saint Augustine at 22 years old after graduating from Villanova University in 1977. He took his solemn vows in 1981 and was ordained a priest in 1982.
Cardinal Bustillo says conclave was guided by the Holy Spirit with "freedom and trust," resulting in Pope Leo XIV's election in under 24 hours.
The election of Pope Leo XIV was enthusiastically received by Caritas Internationalis and Catholic Relief Services.
Pope Leo XIV, elected on Thursday, is the first pope from the Order of St. Augustine (OSA), also known as the Augustinians, an ancient religious order.
Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki of Cologne speaks about what surprised him about the conclave, praising Pope Leo XIV’s “warmth and humanity.”
Americans gathered in St. Peter’s Square on May 8 to celebrate the election of Pope Leo XIV, the first pontiff from the United States.
Before he was pope, he was a math major at a Catholic liberal arts university in Pennsylvania.
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Nine months ago, before he became Pope Leo XIV, Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost sat down for an interview at a parish in the Chicago area.