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Pope Leo's Algerian Visit Pays Tribute to St. Augustine's African Roots

April 14, 2026
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. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
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. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope Leo XIV, who has proclaimed himself a "son of St. Augustine," visited the site in Algeria where the leader of early Christianity lived in the fifth century. “One of the most important thinkers in the Western intellectual tradition actually came from Africa, spent almost his whole life in Africa," said Catherine Conybear, a professor of history, language, and the classics at Bryn Mawr College. "How does that change things?”

 

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