The Augustinian Pope's Radical Routine

True to his Order of St. Augustine roots (solemn vows 1981), Pope Leo XIV has transformed papal living. The 69-year-old rises at 4:30 AM for silent prayer, maintains a vegetarian diet, and shares meals with Swiss Guards like a monastery refectory. "Community comes first," says the former Prior General (2001-2013). His Spartan apartment displays only three possessions: his Villanova diploma, a Peruvian crucifix, and his father's 1955 White Sox ticket stub. The multilingual canon lawyer (PhD, Angelicum) spends Fridays hearing confessions in St. Peter's - a practice begun as Bishop of Chiclayo. Traditionalists miss papal pomp, but the humble pontiff jokes: "Augustine wrote the rule, I'm just following it."