The Holy See as announced that Pope Leo XIV, a son of St. Augustine, will visit Pavia on June 20, as part of his scheduled trips to Italian cities during 2026. The Holy Father is certainly not a stranger in Pavia, having visited the relics of Augustine countless times during his lifetime as a friar and his years of service as the Augustinian Prior General. On behalf of the people of his diocese, Bishop Corrado Sanguineti thanked the Holy Father and assured him that the peop

Brother Eduardo Ramírez Olid, born in Olvera, Cádiz (Spain), tells us from Valladolid about his formation process, his lights and shadows, the daily life in the professed house, and his vocational journey within the Order of Saint Augustine. At what moment did you experience that God was calling you to be an Augustinian?   In my case, my vocational path began in the diocesan seminary, and it had never crossed my mind to become a religious, much less an Augustinian (since ther

Many young people around the world feel God’s call through the Order of Saint Augustine. Community life, holistic formation, the desire to become better Christians… All of this converges in the personal and spiritual growth of those who seek to say “yes” to Christ. This is the case of brothers Glidoh Jean, Jacques, and Jean Agbessenou, three young men from Togo who are currently doing their novitiate at the Shrine of Saint Rita in Bouge, Belgium, thanks to the effort and good