Pope Leo XIV visits headquarters of his Augustinian order

Pope Leo XIV is the first Augustinian pope (Andrew Medichini/AP)

Pope Leo XIV has celebrated mass and had lunch with members of his Augustinian religious order, slipping into the congregation’s headquarters outside St Peter’s Square where he served for 12 years as superior.

“The atmosphere was of great fraternity,” said the Rev Gabriele Pedicino, head of the Augustinians’ Italian branch.