by Fray Alfonso Dávila, OAR | May 11, 2025 | News, We're telling you
When the then Cardinal Robert Prevost, O.S.A. was appointed Prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops, the Order of Augustinian Recollects sent him a letter of congratulations. His response, simple and profound, is today – in the light of his election as Pope Leo...
by Fray Alfonso Dávila, OAR | May 10, 2025 | News, We're telling you
Although the Vatican has not yet made public the official Pope’s coat of arms, it is not yet available. Leo XIVthe Augustinian Recollect Friar Rafael NietoRafael Nieto, an expert in ecclesiastical heraldry, has presented a artistic proposal inspired by the coat...
by Fray Alfonso Dávila, OAR | May 10, 2025 | News, We're telling you
On May 8 last, Pope Leo XIV was elected Pope Leo XIV. But for the Augustinian Recollects, Robert Prevost was not an unknown face. In August 2019, during a visit to the Augustinian bishops of Peru, the then bishop of Chiclayo shared an unpublished interview with our...
by Fray Alfonso Dávila, OAR | May 8, 2025 | News, We're telling you
“God loves us all, and evil will not prevail.” With these words and a disarming closeness, the new Pope Leo XIV, the first Augustinian Pontiff in the history of the Church, addressed the world from the balcony of the Vatican Basilica.addressed the world...
by Fray Alfonso Dávila, OAR | May 8, 2025 | News, We're telling you
With deep joy, the Order of Augustinian Recollects received the election of the new Successor of Peter, Pope Leo XIV. Pope Leo XIVa member of the Order of St. Augustine. In a message full of gratitude, fidelity and hope, the Prior General, Fr. Prior General, Friar...
