(NewsNation) — The selection of Pope Leo XIV has made him the first Augustinian friar to be elected to lead the Catholic Church. The Order of St. Augustine includes about 2,800 Augustinians in 47 ...

The history of St. Augustine Catholic Church in Treme is personal for longtime members like Sandra Gordon, 62, whose enslaved great-grandmother, Mary Belle Weadd, received permission to be baptized at ...

CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy -- Pope Leo XIV called Sunday for "merciful compassion" for the world's poor, victims of tyranny and wars, as he celebrated Mass in a parish church that has special spiritual ...

Pope Leo XIV made history on Thursday when he became the first U.S.-born, and the first Augustinian, to assume the papacy, and many of his fellow Augustinians in the United States are expressing joy ...

The quiet perseverance of St. Monica and the conversion of her son, St. Augustine, offer a clear window into the spiritual ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV urged his fellow Augustinians on Monday to work humbly for unity in the Catholic Church, as he opened the global assembly of the ancient religious order that is now very much ...

Catholics around the world have a new pope. Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, 69, was elected as the next leader of the Catholic Church on Thursday. His chosen name? Pope Leo XIV. There are two ...

CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy (AP) — Pope Leo XIV called Sunday for “merciful compassion” for the world’s poor, victims of tyranny and wars, as he celebrated Mass in a parish church that has special ...