There are many reasons people may think we’re nuts to live in California, not least of which is having not just one state nut ...

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By Pat Marrin The Sunday morning comics pages taught me to read. The cartoon characters inhabited my imagination and formed ...

But the new pontiff is still “Father Bob” to the handful of Augustinian friars who serve in the basilica in a hilltop ...

The Order of St. Augustine, with fewer than 3,000 members, shaped the man who would become a cardinal, and then pope to the ...

In a statement, the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin’s leadership in Nigeria provided details of the car accident that occurred ...

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This paradigm shift reflects the profound transformation within the Catholic Church as it increasingly emphasizes broader representation from the global peripheries.

Perhaps a revealing question is whether the church will continue the radical novelty Francis brought as a pope from a religious order—and whether this is the continuity needed now.