Father Kolawole Chabi, you are a historian at the Augustinianum and an expert on Saint Augustine. Why did Leo XIV want to travel to Algeria to pay homage to the greatest Christian philosopher and ...

COMMENTARY: At the Basilica of St. Augustine, Pope Leo XIV pointed beyond the headlines and recalled Augustine’s vision of the human heart — restless and seeking its rest in God. The Roman ruins of ...

Pope Leo XIV visits the archaeological site of Hippo, in Annaba, Algeria, Tuesday, April 14, 2026, on the second day of an 11-day apostolic journey to Africa. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.) Listen ...

Scenes from the Life of Saint Augustine of Hippo, circa 1490. Standing in front of the cascade of crimson curtains on the balcony of Saint Peter’s on the evening of May 8, with an emotional crowd ...

Anyone who doubts St. Augustine’s centrality to Catholic theology has to consider that (a) he is considered the greatest among the Western Fathers of the Church during the Patristic era and that (b) ...

Preaching from the Basilica of St. Augustine, dedicated to the figure to whom he has modeled his spiritual life, Pope Leo XIV laid out his vision for the Catholic Church animated by the North African ...

We think of him as a principal architect of Western civilization, and only St. Paul and our Lord himself have determined the character of the Western church more than St. Augustine of Hippo. But ...

Americans are deeply divided, and the results of the 2024 presidential election are unlikely to heal these divisions. If the 2020 election is any indication, they might even become worse. As a scholar ...

Pope Leo XIV holds a painting after celebrating Mass at the Basilica of St. Augustine in Annaba, Algeria, April 14, 2026. Smiling at left is Bishop Michel Guillaud of Constantine-Hippone in Algeria.

When Pope Leo XIV was elected pope, the assembled crowd reacted with joy but also with surprise: He was the first pope from the United States, and North America more broadly. Moreover, he was the ...