Pope Leo XIV is an Augustinian friar. Here's what that means

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🗓️ 11 May 2025

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Welcome to America magazine’s Conclave Podcast. In this episode, the team discusses the Augustinian (and American) roots of Pope Leo XIV. They discuss: Pope Leo XIV is an alum of Villanova University. What’s the atmosphere is like on campus right now? The Augustinian roots of Pope Leo: the intellectual, spiritual and social principles that will lead his ministry How poverty, chastity and obedience are a path to freedom and joy Subscribe to America to get our extensive coverage of the historic election of Pope Leo XIV at: ⁠⁠https://www.americamagazine.org/subscribe⁠⁠ Links from the show: ⁠Pope Leo XIV’s first Sunday blessing: Appeals for peace, vocations and happy Mother’s Day.⁠ ⁠Full text: Pope Leo XIV’s first formal address to the College of Cardinals⁠ ⁠Pope Leo XIV’s message to the cardinals: Vatican II and Pope Francis are here to stay⁠ ⁠⁠Pope Leo XIV: What to expect in the coming days⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Full text: Pope Leo XIV’s first homily⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Who was Pope Leo XIII?⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:23.9	Adobe Express, the quick and easy create anything app.
0:31.4	Welcome to America Magazine's Conclave Podcast.
0:41.0	I'm Zach Davis, and it has been a busy few days here in Rome.
0:46.6	Pope Leo the 14th hit the ground running.
0:48.9	We have a great episode today digging into Pope Leo the 14th's Augustinian roots.
0:54.1	So we're talking with Father Robert
0:56.2	Hagen, who is the prior provincial for the St. Thomas of Villanova province of the Augustinian
1:01.5	order. And he's known Pope Leo the 14th for something like 27 years. So we get into what we can
1:08.6	expect based on the Augustinian spirituality that he was formed
1:12.0	in.
1:13.0	We also ask Father Rob what it's like on Villanova's campus right now, now that they have
1:16.2	among their alumni, a Roman pontiff.
1:19.6	Pretty unique.
1:20.8	So stick around for that wonderful conversation with Father Rob.
1:24.0	And just to quickly recap a little bit of what Leo's been up to the past couple of
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