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CV NEWS FEED // The Order of Saint Augustine (OSA) has congratulated their former prior general on becoming pope in a letter written by Father Pasquale di Lernia, secretary general, on behalf of Father Alejandro Moral Antón, the order’s current prior general.
Pope Leo XIV, then-Father Robert Prevost, served as the order’s prior general from 2001 to 2013.
Fr. Moral Antón, “wishes to offer the Pope Leone XIV warmest and affectionate good wishes, invoking from the Lord abundant graces upon Him and His Magisterium,” Fr. Lernia wrote.
Fr. Lernia also thanked Pope Leo XIV for his fatherly leadership as prior general.
“In enthusiastically reaffirming the convinced communion with the Holy Father on the part of all the religious, of our and His beloved Order,” the statement continues, “the Prior General renews the commitment of the Augustinians to serve the Church in its mission.”
The secretary general assured the Holy Father of the order’s prayers for his pontificate and asked for his blessing.
The statement concluded, “May the Virgin Mary, venerated by us today with the sweet title ‘of Divine Grace,’ the Holy Father Augustine, Saint Monica and all the saints and blessed of the Order, guard and support His Ministry as the successor of the Apostle Peter and encourage the Church to walk together in faith and with courage.”
