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Pope Leo XIV speaks to cardinals in Rome on May 10, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media

An Augustinian Pope: Upholding Africa’s Legacy, Embracing Eastern Christianity

May 17, 2025

Eastern Christian communities erupted in celebration at the election of the new pontiff on May 8, but many wondered about Pope Leo XIV’s connection to the East.

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After 1,700 years, An Ancient Olive Tree Marks the Vanished Hometown of St. Augustine

Aug 28, 2023

St. Augustine, whose feast day is today, Aug. 28, is associated most prominently with Hippo, the city that constitutes his well-known epithet. Yet well before his ancient bishopric, Augustine hailed from a now-long-vanished town located just a few dozen miles from that city, a place that still bears at least one landmark popularly associated with the venerated saint.

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Cameroon’s National Day: Pope Leo XIV Sends Blessings, Wishes for Prosperity “drawing on rich human, cultural heritage”

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Pope Leo XIV speaks to participants in the Jubilee of Eastern Churches on May 14, 2025, in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media

Fact Check: Did Pope Leo XIV Give a 36-minute Speech Praising Burkina Faso's Interim President Ibrahim Traoré?

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Pope Leo XIV speaks to participants in the Jubilee of Eastern Churches on May 14, 2025, in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media

Fact Check: Did Pope Leo XIV Give a 36-minute Speech Praising Burkina Faso's Interim President Ibrahim Traoré?

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Nearly 400,000 Sign African Catholic Activists’ Petition Urging Vote against WHO’s Draft Pandemic Agreement

“I come to walk with you, to listen to you”: Catholic Archbishop in Ivory Coast at Installation

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Catholic Sisters in Africa Warming to Empirical Studies as Need for Data-Driven Decisions Grows

Pope Leo XIV greets crowds in St. Peter’s Square from the popemobile on Sunday, May 18, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA

From Portable Throne to Electric Vehicle: Evolution of Papal Transportation

Pope Leo XIV meets with faith leaders on Monday, May 19, 2025, at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV Meets with Faith Leaders, Expresses Desire for Synodality, “ecumenical journey and interreligious dialogue”

Late Fr. John Maina Ndegwa

He Identified Himself as Catholic Priest “then breathed his last”: Kenyan Priest Debunks Media Reports on Late Colleague

Assert Africa’s “sovereign voice” in Global Policy Forums: Pan-African Conference on Family Values Delegates to Gov’ts

Mozambique’s Catholic Bishops Call for National Commitment to Healing ahead of Golden Independence Jubilee

In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russian President Vladimir Putin (center) speaks to journalists at the Sirius Educational Center in Sochi on May 19, 2025, after a telephone conversation with U.S. President Donald Trump. / Credit: VYACHESLAV PROKOFYEV/POOL/AFP via Getty Images

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