Out of all 267 popes, only 51 have been members of religious orders. Pope Francis was elected in 2013 as the first member of the Jesuit order, and now Pope Leo XIV is the first member of the Order of St. Augustine.
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Pope Leo XIV is the first member of the Order of St. Augustine to be elected pope – but who are the Augustinians?
(The Conversation) — The Rule of St. Augustine offered monks a firm structure for their daily lives of work and prayer, even before the mendicant order received papal approval in the 13th century.