The Rule of St. Augustine offered monks a firm structure for their daily lives of work and prayer, even before the mendicant ...

As with any new papacy, a quick look at their first appointments and audiences inside the system offers at least a small ...

Ever since Pope John XXIII was elected in 1958, the successors of St. Peter have established a pattern: pope as disruptor, ...

THE election of Cardinal Robert Prevost, a 69-year-old Augustinian missionary to Peru, as pope on May 8 was a signal to all ...

Pope Leo XIV has appointed Filipino Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle as the new titular bishop of Albano, one of the ancient ...

Pope Leo XIV appoints Sister Tiziana Merletti as Secretary of the Dicastery for Consecrated Life, marking another milestone ...

If his early decisions are any indication, it is likely that Pope Leo XIV will continue Pope Francis’s reforms not only on ...

There is no room in Augustine’s concept of authority for one who is self-seeking and in search of power over others,” he ...

As a boy, I once told my mother that I wanted to grow up to be either the pope or a mud wrestler. She replied dryly that ...

On May 10, 2025, in his inaugural address to the College of Cardinals, Pope Leo XIV, outlined a vision for his papacy rooted in humility, service, and continuity with the ...

CHICAGO (AP) — Survivors of clergy sexual abuse amplified calls Tuesday for a global zero-tolerance policy from the new ...

The Vatican has developed a reputation for murky financial practices for decades and faces a ticking pension time bomb. Can Pope Leo XIV push ahead with reforms initiated by his predecessor?