Pope Leo XIV is the first pope who belongs to the Order of Saint Augustine, whose principles, priests say, offer a window ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost, the first U.S. pope in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church, previously led a Catholic ...

Augustinians are part of the Mendicant Movement, which was characterized by a mixed or middle way among religious, in which a life of contemplation is combined with a life of apostolic ministry, and ...

VATICAN CITY — White smoke poured from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel and the great bells of St. Peter’s Basilica tolled ...

A Brazilian judge has ordered the arrest of a man suspected of being involved in an alleged plot to place explosives at a ...

(AP Photo/Alex Brandon) WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked the Trump administration from implementing an executive order that a labor union says would cancel collective ...

U.S. District Judge Paul Friedman appeared skeptical during a hearing Wednesday of the administration’s arguments that a little-known provision in federal labor law allows it to exclude several ...

Fireworks is the country's old tradition, dating back to the time of the Order of the Knights of St John. The Order celebrated the most important feasts with special pyrotechnic displays. Later, ...

The top attorney for a California board that enforces labor rules said Thursday that Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office may have violated state law over its handling of an order directing many public ...

The Oak Island team linked the Knights of Malta to the island ... and compelling artifacts that suggest a secretive religious order may have left its mark on the island. The swamp, long suspected ...