Muslim personal law doesn't require will to be in writing or attested, even verbal declaration is valid. A 13-year-old case ...

Anthony Cuthbert, the former assistant chief of the St. Augustine Police Department, is now facing two felony charges for ...

An online series explores the history and development of the Augustinian Order from the fifth to fifteenth century.

From 'wade-ins' to litigation that reached the Supreme Court, the Tampa Bay area played a critical role in desegregating ...

Pope Leo XIV has expressed interest in visiting Algeria, a trip that would mark the first papal visit to the North African ...

New research reveals a forgotten side of medieval Christianity—one rooted not in cathedrals, but in fields, forests, and ...

In his first public remarks as Pope Leo XIV, Chicago-born Father Robert Prevost declared, “I am a son of St. Augustine.” The young Prevost attended St. Augustine Seminary High School in Michigan.

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God, Pope Francis reminded us, is a God of surprises — and that was the case not only with the election of Jorge Mario Bergoglio to the papacy but also with his successor Robert Francis Prevost. Once ...

Robert Prevost may have made history Thursday by becoming the first pope from the United States. But in Peru, he is known as the saintly missionary who waded through mud after torrential rains flooded ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, an American born in Chicago with dual Peruvian nationality, was elected Pope Leo XIV. Pope Leo XIV is the first American and the first Augustinian to become pope. He ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost, the first U.S. pope in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church, previously led a Catholic religious order. Prevost, 69, who chose the name Pope Leo XIV, was formerly the ...