The pontiff offers something rare: a pastor-leader urging the church to reclaim the dignity of every person — not as an ...

Father Daniang first met Pope Leo in 2001, when Father Robert Prevost, then prior general of the Augustinians, visited Nigeria. Pope Leo XIV speaks during Mass for the opening of the general chapter ...

“A moment of great familiarity” is how Abbess Maria Cristina Daguati of the Augustinian convent in Montefalco, Italy, described Pope Leo XIV’s visit on Thursday. After visiting the tomb of St. Francis ...

Pope Leo XIV praised the “silent and hidden love” of cloistered nuns who, he said, are free from the slavery of society’s focus on outward appearances. Focusing on the contemplative dimension of the ...

This Thanksgiving season, the mission is to give thanks for those devoted to the poorest communities. It was the mission of Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo, long before he was elected to lead the world’s ...

The Vatican Dicastery for Communication released the documentary "Leo from Chicago," which chronicles the pope's humble beginnings in Dolton, Ill., as well as his early years as an Augustinian.

In Lebanon, a nation where churches and mosques stand side by side, Pope Leo XIV discovered the evidence he was looking for: ...

Father Paolo Capra, pastor at St. Augustine, made the trip to Istanbul with the brick, which will be the first stone of the new parish they plan to build.

Pope Leo XIV has appointed a longtime confrere and friend, Nigerian priest Edward Daniang Daleng, OSA, as vice regent of the Prefecture of the Papal Household, the second-highest position in the ...