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Thursday, May 28, 2026

De Civitate Dei (readers include Pope Leo XIV and VP JD Vance)

its author was a Bishop of the ancient Church

Hippo of N. Africa : St. Augustine. . .

Essay in NY TIMES platform

about what it meant for JD Vance

to gift the incoming Pope with a copy

of the 5th Century tome (landmark

work of Theology and Politics/Ethics when

in a church publication, a then-

Cardinal of the Roman Catholic

former Missionary to Peru had

earlier informed the "baby Catholic" that

the concept of ordo amoris

was NOT being rightly invoked during the

immigration whiplash taking place in

modern America (Trump 2.0).

Author is Prof. Randy Boyagada of Univ. of

Toronto -- NYTimes.com/2025/07/29/books/review/St-augustine-city-of-God.html

very insightful and relevant to year 2025 - a Jubilee one of Mercy for R. Catholics

and Eastern Rite Catholics

worldwide

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