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Pope Leo XIV greets a pilgrim at an Oct. 31, 2025, audience with teachers held as part of Jubilee of the World of Education.

Pope Leo XIV gives Catholic educators lessons from St. Augustine

Oct 31, 2025

By Kristina Millare

Pope Leo XIV said Catholic educators can learn four fundamental values from St. Augustine’s teachings: interiority, unity, love, and joy.   Read more

Pope Leo XIV speaks to pilgrims at the general audience in the Paul VI Audience Hall, Vatican City, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025.

Pope Leo XIV recalls the ‘life and witness’ of St. Augustine on his feast day

Aug 28, 2025

By Nicolás de Cárdenas

Pope Leo XIV recalled what the “life and witness” of St. Augustine means for Christians on the day the Catholic... Read more

St. Augustine of Hippo.

5 powerful quotes from St. Augustine’s most famous work, the ‘Confessions’

Aug 28, 2025

By Kate Quiñones

Written in about A.D. 400, St. Augustine of Hippo’s “Confessions” details how God worked in Augustine’s life. Read more

St. Augustine and St. Monica stained glass at St. Augustine Cathedral Catholic Church Basilica in Tucson, Arizona.

Augustinian priests: St. Monica had ‘great interior strength’

Aug 27, 2025

By Kristina Millare

Two Augustinian priests living in Rome explain why the woman they refer to as their “grandmother” continues to be a... Read more

Pilgrims reach out to Pope Leo XIV at the general audience in the Paul VI Audience Hall, Vatican City, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025.

Pope Leo XIV: ‘Christian hope is not evasion, but decision’

Aug 27, 2025

By Hannah Brockhaus

Addressing thousands of pilgrims in the Vatican’s Paul VI Audience Hall, Pope Leo XIV on Aug. 27 emphasized Jesus’ embrace... Read more

Pope Leo XIV and St. Augustine.

St. Augustine’s impact on the first 3 months of Pope Leo XIV’s pontificate

Today marks three months since Pope Leo XIV first appeared on the central balcony of the Vatican basilica after being... Read more

St. Augustine is the patron saint of brewers, printers, theologians, and a number of cities and dioceses.

Who are the Augustinians? A look at Pope Leo XIV’s religious order

May 10, 2025

By Jonah McKeown

Pope Leo XIV, elected on Thursday, is the first pope from the Order of St. Augustine (OSA), also known as... Read more

St. Augustine is the patron saint of brewers, printers, theologians, and a number of cities and dioceses.

What St. Augustine did to avoid gossip and foul language in his home

Aug 28, 2024

By Abel Camasca

St. Augustine, whose feast day is Aug. 28, had an aversion for gossip to the extent he even placed a... Read more

Pope Francis visits the Basilica of St. Augustine in Rome on Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2024.

Pope Francis makes surprise visit to St. Monica’s tomb in Rome

Aug 27, 2024

By Courtney Mares

During his Tuesday visit to the basilica near Piazza Navona in Rome’s historic center, the pope prayed in the side... Read more

Pope Francis at the general audience, Oct. 19, 2022 — and St. Augustine of Hippo in a painting by Philippe de Champaigne, ca. 1650.

Pope Francis: Be like St. Augustine and examine the story of your life

Oct 19, 2022

By Courtney Mares

Why Pope Francis recommends examining the story of your life like this great doctor of the church. Read more

Pope Francis prays in the Basilica of St. Augustine in Campo Marzio, Rome, which contains relics of St. Monica.

Pope Francis makes surprise visit to Rome’s Basilica of St. Augustine

Aug 28, 2020

By Courtney Mares

Pope Francis made a surprise visit to the Basilica of St. Augustine on Thursday to pray at the tomb of... Read more

Archbishop Charles Chaput speaks with CNA in Rome on Sept. 15, 2014.

Faith in a world under siege – thoughts from Archbishop Chaput

Mar 22, 2016

Despite the challenges facing the United States, Catholics and Mormons can work together – with St. Augustine as a model,... Read more