Standing in front of the cascade of crimson curtains on the balcony of Saint Peter’s on the evening of May 8, with an ...

St. Augustine of Hippo was a theologian, writer, preacher and bishop. Born Aurelius Augustine in 354 AD, he would go on to become a "servant of God" at 33 years old, ...

St. Augustine of Hippo was a theologian, writer, preacher and bishop. Born Aurelius Augustine in 354 AD, he would go on to become a "servant of God" at 33 years old, ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, O.S.A., a 69-year-old Chicago native and lifelong member of the Order of Saint Augustine, was elected Thursday as Pope Leo XIV, becoming the first American to lead ...

Augustine experienced the tumultuous decline of the Roman Empire, as internal struggles and invasions drove the vast realm toward collapse. He died while his own city of Hippo was under siege by ...

But it took its inspiration from the great 5th century African saint, Augustine of Hippo. ... Augustine was born in North Africa, and he spent most of his life there.