New Lenox Augustinian Sisters Reflect on Their Time with Robert Prevost

MATTINGLY: More to Catholic liturgy than Latin mass

On the first Sunday of his papacy, Pope Leo XIV stood on the central loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica and did something that shocked some Catholics — he chanted the Marian prayer Regina Caeli in Latin.

Who are the Augustinians, anyway?

When Cardinal Robert Prevost was elected pope on May 8, taking the name Leo XIV, he became not only the first American pope, but the first the papal member of the Order of St. Augustine as well.Augustinian friars pose together just moments after the conclusion of Pope Leo XIV's Inauguration Mass. Credit: Augustinian friars/Facebook.A relatively small order, the Order of St. Augustine has some 2,800 members in 47 countries across the globe — less…

Trust God, not the internet — start praying for Pope Leo

As Pope Leo XIV begins his pontificate, many Catholics are already being drawn into online speculation and social media panic about what may or may not happen next. Instead of fueling anxiety, this moment calls for prayer, trust, and focus on what is truly unfolding. Here we reflect on the early signs of hope under Pope Leo, the calm he brings after years of turmoil, and the danger of allowing digital noise to drown out real discernment. Let us …

Pope Leo XIV’s first month: Listening before acting

Although no major curial appointments or announcements have been made, one person who had a chance to know then-Cardinal Robert F. Prevost during the Synod on Synodality said the new pope takes his time and listens before speaking or taking concrete action.

Pope Leo XIV begins his first month listening before acting

(OSV News) — Since his election to the chair of St. Peter one month ago, Pope Leo XIV has made efforts to learn the lay of the land in the world’s smallest state. Those who have had the chance to know and observe the new pope see both a continuity with his predecessor, Pope Francis, while tracing a different path that is his own. Although no major curial appointments or announcements have been made, one person who had a chance to know then-Cardi…

New Lenox Augustinian Sisters reflect on their time with Robert Prevost

In his first official appointment, Pope Leo named a woman to head a major Vatican office. Sister Simona Brambilla is now the prefect of the department responsible for all the Catholic Church's religious orders. Nuns at the Augustinian Nuns Monastery in New Lenox celebrated the appointment and their new Holy Father. Bob Prevost was a frequent visitor to the monastery as an adult.  Ninety-year-old Sister Carmen Miravalles and 87-year-old Sister Ma…