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Pope Talks About What St. Augustine Has Given Him and Taught Him

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — “So much of who I am I owe to the spirit and the teachings of St. Augustine,” Pope Leo XIV told his Augustinian confreres and their benefactors who were celebrating the saint’s feast day in Philadelphia.As Cardinal Robert F. Prevost, the pope had been scheduled to be in Philadelphia for the celebration Aug. 28 and to receive an award. But in May he was elected pope.So instead, Augustinian Father Robert P. Hagan, prior of the…

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This is a 17th-century painting of St. Augustine by the artist Philippe de Champaigne. The saint lived between 354 and 430 and is considered a father and doctor of the Church. (Image by OSV News/Public Domain, Los Angeles County Museum of Art) By OSV News “I am an Augustinian, a son of St. Augustine, who said, ‘With you I am a Christian, and for you I am a bishop.’” Pope Leo XIV’s description of himself from the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica o…

"I owe so much of who I am to the spirit and teachings of St. Augustine. I am grateful to all of you for the many expressions of your lives that testify to a profound commitment to the values of veritas, unitas, and caritas," the Pope said in a video message addressed to the Augustinian Province of St. Thomas of Villanova in the United States, expressing gratitude for being awarded the Medal of St. Augustine. The article "Leo XIV Receives the Me…

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