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

Augustine of Hippo. Pope Benedict XVI weekly catechesis. The Editors Vatican January 15, ... Augustine was born to Patricius, a pagan who later became a catechumen, and Monica, a devout Christian, ...

Saint Augustine of Hippo, one of the greatest minds in the history of the Christian Church, was born on this day in the year 354. He was African; yet that ...

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 ...

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.