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Yahoo
31-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
St. Augustine Announces Acquisition of Additional Interest in Kingking Copper Gold Project
Singapore, Singapore--(Newsfile Corp. - May 30, 2025) - St. Augustine Gold and Copper Limited (TSX: SAU) ("St. Augustine" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has closed its previously announced (May 20, 2025) agreement with its co-venture partner Nationwide Development Corporation ("Nadecor") to restructure the ownership interests in the KingKing Copper Gold Project (the "Project") located in the Philippines. The Company issued a convertible note to Nadecor in the amount of $9,120,500, convertible into 185,000,000 million Company shares at a deemed price of $0.0493. In return St. Augustine acquired all the outstanding shares of Nadecor's subsidiary Kingking Milling Corporation, which holds the development rights to the Project. The note bears no interest and is assignable by Nadecor, including to its shareholders, at its discretion. Conversion must take place within 6 months. The exploration and development permits issued by the Philippine government for the Project are held by Kingking Mining Corporation which is owned 40% by the Company, 40% by Nadecor and 20% by Queensberry Mining and Development Corp., the largest shareholder of the Company. Kingking Mining Corporation has entered into ore sales and royalty agreements with Kingking Milling Corporation which has given Kingking Milling Corporation the rights to, process, mill and market all ore recovered from the Project. In return Kingking Mining Corporation receives a 7% royalty on net income and certain payments for ore delivered for milling. This structure provides optimal economic interest in the Project to the Company, setting the stage for project finance from outside parties in various forms. About St. Augustine St. Augustine (SAU.T) is a TSX-listed mining company focused on the development of the Kingking Copper-Gold Project. The Project is one of the largest undeveloped copper-gold deposits in the world and is listed as a top three-priority mining project by the Philippine government. CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS This announcement includes certain "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Canadian securities legislation. All statements, other than statements of historical fact included herein are forward looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve various risks and uncertainties and are based on certain factors and assumptions. While we consider these assumptions to be reasonable based on currently available information, they may prove to be incorrect. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate, and actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Forward-looking information is also subject to certain factors, including risks and uncertainties, that could cause actual results to differ materially from the Company's current expectations, including changes in market conditions, governmental or regulatory developments and general economic conditions. Other risks and uncertainties related to the Company are disclosed under the heading "Risk Factors" in the Company's Annual Information Form dated March 31, 2025 and filed with Canadian securities regulatory authorities on the SEDAR+ website Forward-looking information contained in this announcement is based on our current estimates, expectations and projections, which we believe are reasonable as of the current date. You should not place undue importance on forward-looking information and should nor rely on this information as of any other date. While we may elect to, we are under no obligation and do not undertake to update this information at any particular time except as required by applicable securities law. For more information: Lenna Mae LeopoldoInvestor and Public Relations ContactT: +6382 225 0884E: lleopoldo@ ST. AUGUSTINE CORPORATE HEADQUARTERSNo.21, Greenwood Lane, Singapore, 286949 To view the source version of this press release, please visit Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Yahoo
19-05-2025
- Business
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St. Augustine Announces Acquisition of Remaining Interest in KingKing Copper Gold Project
Singapore, Singapore--(Newsfile Corp. - May 19, 2025) - St. Augustine Gold and Copper Limited (TSX: SAU) ("St. Augustine" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement with its co-venture partner National Development Corporation ("Nadecor") to acquire the balance of the KingKing Copper Gold Project (the "Project") located in the Philippines. The Company will issue a convertible note to Nadecor in the amount of $9,018,750, convertible into 185,000,000 million Company shares at a deemed price of $0.004875. In return St. Augustine will acquire all the outstanding of shares of Nadecor's subsidiary Kingking Mining Limited, which holds the exploration and development rights to the Project. The note bears no interest and is structured to be assignable by Nadecor, including to its shareholders, at its discretion. Conversion must take place within 6 months. Closing of the placement is expected to occur on or about May 26, 2025 and is subject to the approval of the Toronto Stock Exchange as well as other customary closing conditions. The parties feel that it will be easier to develop the Project with this transfer of Nadecor's interest into one entity. About St. Augustine St. Augustine (SAU) is a TSX-listed mining company focused on the development of the King-king Copper-Gold Project. The Project is one of the largest undeveloped copper-gold deposits in the world and is listed as a top three-priority mining project by the Philippine government. CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS This announcement includes certain "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Canadian securities legislation. All statements, other than statements of historical fact included herein are forward looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve various risks and uncertainties and are based on certain factors and assumptions. While we consider these assumptions to be reasonable based on currently available information, they may prove to be incorrect. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate, and actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Forward-looking information is also subject to certain factors, including risks and uncertainties, that could cause actual results to differ materially from the Company's current expectations, including changes in market conditions, governmental or regulatory developments and general economic conditions. Other risks and uncertainties related to the Company are disclosed under the heading "Risk Factors" in the Company's Annual Information Form dated March 31, 2025 and filed with Canadian securities regulatory authorities on the SEDAR+ website at Forward-looking information contained in this announcement is based on our current estimates, expectations and projections, which we believe are reasonable as of the current date. You should not place undue importance on forward-looking information and should nor rely on this information as of any other date. While we may elect to, we are under no obligation and do not undertake to update this information at any particular time except as required by applicable securities law. For more information: Lenna Mae LeopoldoInvestor and Public Relations ContactT: +6382 225 0884E: lleopoldo@ ST. AUGUSTINE CORPORATE HEADQUARTERSNo.21, Greenwood Lane, Singapore, 286949 To view the source version of this press release, please visit Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Herald Malaysia
16-05-2025
- General
- Herald Malaysia
All the saints and Church Fathers Pope Leo XIV quoted in his first week
In the first week of Pope Leo XIV's pontificate, his preaching and speeches have featured quotations from saints and Church Fathers from St. Ignatius of Antioch to St. Gregory the Great. May 16, 2025 Pope Leo XIV gives a blessing during a meeting with participants in the Jubilee of Eastern Churches on May 14, 2025, in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican. | Credit: Vatican Media By Courtney Mares In the first week of Pope Leo XIV's pontificate, his preaching and speeches have featured quotations from saints and Church Fathers from St. Ignatius of Antioch to St. Gregory the Great. The Catholic Church's first pope from the Augustinian order is already helping to educate the faithful through his deep knowledge of the Church Fathers. Here is who he has been citing in the foundation-setting first week of his pontificate. St. Augustine (354–430) Catholics are virtually guaranteed to be hearing a lot more great quotes from St. Augustine in the upcoming years of this pontificate. In his first appearance on the loggia of St. Peter's Basilica on May 8, Pope Leo said: 'I am an Augustinian, a son of St. Augustine, who once said, 'With you I am a Christian, and for you I am a bishop.'' Leo gifted us with another classic St. Augustine quote again during his speech to journalists on May 12: 'Let us live well and the times will be good. We are the times (Discourse 80.8).' His papal motto under his coat of arms also features a line from St. Augustine, 'In Illo uno unum,' which means 'In the One, we are one.' It comes from a discussion of Psalm 128 (127 in the Latin Vulgate) in Augustine's 'Expositions of the Psalms': 'It is not as though he were one and we many; no, we who are many are one in him, who is one.' St. Ignatius of Antioch (second century) In his first Mass as pope, Leo XIV identified himself as the successor of Peter with St. Ignatius of Antioch, who was famously martyred by being thrown to the lions. In his homily in the Sistine Chapel on May 9 he reflected on a line from St. Ignatius of Antioch's second-century 'Letter to the Romans': 'Then I will truly be a disciple of Jesus Christ, when the world no longer sees my body.' 'I say this first of all to myself, as the successor of Peter, as I begin my mission as bishop of Rome and, according to the well-known expression of St. Ignatius of Antioch, am called to preside in charity over the universal Church (cf. Letter to the Romans, Prologue),' Leo said. 'St. Ignatius, who was led in chains to this city, the place of his impending sacrifice, wrote to the Christians there: 'Then I will truly be a disciple of Jesus Christ, when the world no longer sees my body' (Letter to the Romans, IV, 1). 'Ignatius was speaking about being devoured by wild beasts in the arena — and so it happened — but his words apply more generally to an indispensable commitment for all those in the Church who exercise a ministry of authority. It is to move aside so that Christ may remain, to make oneself small so that he may be known and glorified (cf. Jn 3:30), to spend oneself to the utmost so that all may have the opportunity to know and love him.' St. Gregory the Great (540–604) In Pope Leo's first Regina Caeli address in which he sang the famous Marian prayer in Latin, he also quoted St. Gregory the Great, who he said teaches people to 'respond to the love of those who love them (Homily 14:3-6).' St. Ephrem the Syrian (306–373) In Pope Leo XIV's speech to the Eastern Catholic Churches, he cited the writings of several Eastern Church Fathers, among them St. Ephrem the Syrian, who is a theologian venerated in both the Catholic Church and Orthodox churches, especially in Syriac Christianity. Pope Leo said: 'Together, we can pray with St. Ephrem the Syrian and say to the Lord Jesus: 'Glory to you, who laid your cross as a bridge over death… Glory to you who clothed yourself in the body of mortal man, and made it the source of life for all mortals' (Homily on Our Lord, 9).' St. Isaac of Nineveh (613–700) Notably, Pope Leo also chose to quote St. Isaac of Nineveh, a seventh-century Assyrian bishop venerated across Christian traditions, whom Pope Francis added to the Roman Martyrology last November during a meeting with Mar Awa III, Catholicos-patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East. Pope Leo XIV said: 'We must ask, then, for the grace to see the certainty of Easter in every trial of life and not to lose heart, remembering, as another great Eastern Father wrote, that 'the greatest sin is not to believe in the power of the Resurrection' (St. Isaac Of Nineveh, Sermones ascetici, I, 5).' St. Symeon the New Theologian (949–1022) In his speech to the Eastern Churches, Pope Leo also quoted an Eastern Orthodox monk, St. Symeon the New Theologian, who is also venerated in the Byzantine Catholic Churches. The pope said that St. Symeon used an eloquent image: ''Just as one who throws dust on the flame of a burning furnace extinguishes it, so the cares of this life and every kind of attachment to petty and worthless things destroy the warmth of the heart that was initially kindled' (Practical and Theological Chapters, 63).' St. John Paul II (1920–2005) The new pope has not limited himself only to citing early Church Fathers. Pope Leo also echoed the famous words of St. John Paul II from the loggia of St. Peter's Basilica: 'Do not be afraid!' John Paul II first spoke these words during his inaugural Mass on Oct. 22, 1978, saying: 'Do not be afraid. Open wide the doors for Christ. To his saving power open the boundaries of states, economic and political systems, the vast fields of culture, civilization and development. Do not be afraid. Christ knows 'what is in man.' He alone knows it.' The Polish pontiff went on to repeat the phrase 'Do not be afraid' many times throughout his pontificate. Pope Leo XIV used the words in his first Regina Caeli address when discussing the need for prayer for more vocations among young people. 'And to young people, I say: Do not be afraid! Accept the invitation of the Church and of Christ the Lord!' Pope Leo XIV said. Pope Leo also quoted John Paul II in his speech to Eastern Catholic Churches, telling them: 'Truly you have 'a unique and privileged role as the original setting where the Church was born.'' St. Paul VI (1897–1978) In his May 10 speech to the cardinals who elected him, Pope Leo said: 'Dear brothers, I would like to conclude the first part of our meeting by making my own — and proposing to you as well — the hope that St. Paul VI expressed at the inauguration of his Petrine ministry in 1963: 'May it pass over the whole world like a great flame of faith and love kindled in all men and women of goodwill. May it shed light on paths of mutual cooperation and bless humanity abundantly, now and always, with the very strength of God, without whose help nothing is valid, nothing is holy' (Message Qui Fausto Die addressed to the entire human family, 22 June 1963).' St. Peter (first century) It has been evident that Pope Leo has been doing a lot of praying and reflecting on the Petrine ministry and looking to past saint-popes for guidance. His first homily at his first Mass as pope focused on the relationship between St. Peter and Jesus, specifically Jesus' question to St. Peter, 'Who do you say that I am?' and Peter's response: 'You are the Christ, the Son of the living God' (Mt 16:16). Pope Leo XIV also made the choice to offer one of his first private Masses in the crypt of St. Peter's Basilica at the tomb of St. Peter on May 11. Blessed Virgin Mary Pope Leo XIV also highlighted that he was elected on the day of the Prayer of Supplication to Our Lady of Pompeii. In his very first appearance as pope from the loggia of St. Peter's Basilica, the new pope asked the crowd to pray a Hail Mary together with him before giving the solemn 'urbi et orbi' blessing in Latin. He said: 'Today is the day of the Prayer of Supplication to Our Lady of Pompeii. Our Mother Mary always wants to walk at our side, to remain close to us, to help us with her intercession and her love. So I would like to pray together with you. Let us pray together for this new mission, for the whole Church, for peace in the world, and let us ask Mary, our Mother, for this special grace.' One of his first surprises as pope was making a spontaneous pilgrimage to a Marian shrine outside of Rome, the Shrine of the Mother of Good Counsel in Genazzano, Italy. 'I wanted so much to come here in these first days of the new ministry that the Church has entrusted to me, to carry out this mission as the successor of Peter,' Leo told those present. 'As the Mother never abandons her children, you must also be faithful to the Mother,' he said.--CNA
Hamilton Spectator
16-05-2025
- General
- Hamilton Spectator
Pope Leo's fellow Augustinian brothers look forward to papacy marked by unity and focus on Jesus
GENAZZANO, Italy (AP) — A new photo of Leo XIV stands by frescoes representing past papal visits to a Virgin Mary icon in the Sanctuary of Our Mother of Good Counsel, commemorating where he prayed two days after being elected pope. But the new pontiff is still 'Father Bob' to the handful of Augustinian friars who serve in the basilica in a hilltop medieval village — and the tight-knit community of Augustinians worldwide. They knew Leo when he was their global leader, seminary teacher or simply fellow brother in black habits with thick belts and large hooded capes. 'With Father Robert, then Very Rev. Prior General, we have had to change the names, but Father Bob … we realize the person hasn't changed at all, it's still him,' said the Rev. Alberto Giovannetti, 78. He was born in Genazzano in the wooded hills outside Rome and entered the seminary at age 11. He remembers a day in 2001 when he was struggling with the responsibility of a new position and then-Prior General Prevost comforted him. 'He gave me courage, 'Stay calm, the less adequate you feel, the more you're fit for it,' that was the meaning,' Giovannetti said. 'I think it's what's guiding him now as well, that real humbleness that doesn't make you feel weak, but rather makes you feel not alone.' St. Augustine and brotherly leadership It's a style of brotherly leadership that was crucial to St. Augustine, who inspired the order that's found itself in an unusual spotlight ever since Leo's first public blessing from St. Peter's Basilica . 'He resolutely affirmed, 'I'm a son of Augustine, I'm Augustinian,' and this filled us all with pride. We're feeling like the pope's friars,' said the Rev. Pasquale Cormio, rector of Rome's Basilica of St. Augustine. Leo's predecessor, Pope Francis , was a Jesuit who took the name of the founder of the Franciscans . The Jesuit order is widely known for its scholarly star-power, while the Franciscans appeal to many because of the order's down-to-earth charity. The Augustinian order is a bit of a paradox — it remains as unassuming as when it was first organized in the mid-13th century as a union of mendicant orders, yet traces its origins to one of the most influential thinkers in Christian and Western culture. And now the friars are expecting that 'Father Bob' will bring some of St. Augustine's spiritual trademarks to the wider church. Augustinian spirituality 'Augustinian spirituality is founded on these words of St. Augustine — a single heart, a single soul oriented toward God, that is to say, toward unity,' said the Rev. Lizardo Estrada, who was a student of Leo's in seminary. 'That's why you can sum it up in four words, I'd say — community, interiority, charity and obedience.' For Augustinians, the foundation of a godly life is seeking truth with the help of Scriptures and sacraments, finding it as God's presence inside one's heart — the 'interiority' — and then taking that knowledge outward to help others. 'You can't adore the Lord every day, pray every day, and not find God in the vulnerable, in the humble, in those working the fields, in the Amazonian peoples,' said Estrada, who is secretary general of the Latin American and Caribbean Episcopal Conference. 'You can't know God inside you, have that knowledge, and stay put.' The order has certainly been on a journey — part of St. Augustine's enduring appeal is that he was a 'seeker' who introduced the concept of introspection as a way to happiness. Born in what today is Algeria in the 4th century, he embraced his mother's Christian faith during travels in Italy and went on to write some of history's pivotal spiritual and philosophical treatises. His answers to perennial questions such as free will versus predestination, true faith versus heresy, even issues addressing leadership, gender and sexuality continue to inform Western culture today, said Colleen Mitchell, a scholar with Villanova University's Augustinian Institute. The Augustinians since the Middle Ages As both male and female monastic communities started following him, St. Augustine wrote the basics of a 'rule' or the charter for an order, which was eventually assigned some eight centuries later by the pope to medieval hermits in Tuscany to form a single union. Today, the order of some 3,000 friars is active in 50 countries, with universities like Villanova in Pennsylvania and some 150,000 children enrolled in Augustinian schools. They operate missions across Africa, are growing in Asia, and run historic and artwork-filled churches across Europe, including Santo Spirito in Florence — for which a young Michelangelo sculpted a crucifix as a thank-you gift since the friars had allowed him access to their hospital to learn anatomy, said the prior general, the Rev. Alejandro Moral. 'The search for truth is very important because as St. Augustine put it, truth is not yours or mine, it's ours. And we have to engage in dialogue to find that truth and, once we have found it, walk together, because we both want to follow truth,' Moral told The Associated Press from the Augustinians' headquarters in Rome. A brother pope The large, unpretentious complex is next to the spectacular colonnade that encircles St. Peter's Square. Jubilant friars huddled at the windows cheering when Leo was announced as pope. A few days later, the pope joined them for a surprise lunch and the birthday celebration of a brother, showing the attention to fraternity that is an Augustinian point of pride. 'He puts you at ease, he has this way of being near that … always struck me even when he was prior general, and he's kept up that style as cardinal and now as pope,' said the Rev. Gabriele Pedicino, the provincial for Italy. He added that finding unity in diversity is another pillar of Augustinian thought that he expects Leo will promote. 'The diversity among brothers — I think that the pope will labor so that increasingly inside and outside the church, we can recognize the other, the different, not as a danger, not as an enemy, but as someone to love, someone who makes our life richer and more beautiful,' Pedicino said. Various friars found inspiration in the pope's motto, 'in illo uno unum' — Latin for 'in the one Christ, we are one' and derived from St. Augustine's sermons about Christian unity. He lived through times of division. A millennium later a former Augustinian, Martin Luther, broke with Catholicism and launched the Protestant Reformation. As today's Catholic Church also struggles with polarization , reestablishing a core unity centered in Jesus is a message that resonates widely. 'It's not like we're better than anybody else, we're all the same, and when we engage in dialogue, we need to realize that we need to greatly respect the other,' Moral said. 'I believe that this is fundamental to our mission — to listen, to respect, and to love. Pope Leo has this straightforward simplicity.' ___ Associated Press religion coverage receives support through the AP's collaboration with The Conversation US, with funding from Lilly Endowment Inc. The AP is solely responsible for this content.
Yahoo
16-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Pope Leo's fellow Augustinian brothers look forward to papacy marked by unity and focus on Jesus
GENAZZANO, Italy (AP) — A new photo of Leo XIV stands by frescoes representing past papal visits to a Virgin Mary icon in the Sanctuary of Our Mother of Good Counsel, commemorating where he prayed two days after being elected pope. But the new pontiff is still 'Father Bob' to the handful of Augustinian friars who serve in the basilica in a hilltop medieval village — and the tight-knit community of Augustinians worldwide. They knew Leo when he was their global leader, seminary teacher or simply fellow brother in black habits with thick belts and large hooded capes. 'With Father Robert, then Very Rev. Prior General, we have had to change the names, but Father Bob … we realize the person hasn't changed at all, it's still him,' said the Rev. Alberto Giovannetti, 78. He was born in Genazzano in the wooded hills outside Rome and entered the seminary at age 11. He remembers a day in 2001 when he was struggling with the responsibility of a new position and then-Prior General Prevost comforted him. 'He gave me courage, 'Stay calm, the less adequate you feel, the more you're fit for it,' that was the meaning,' Giovannetti said. 'I think it's what's guiding him now as well, that real humbleness that doesn't make you feel weak, but rather makes you feel not alone.' St. Augustine and brotherly leadership It's a style of brotherly leadership that was crucial to St. Augustine, who inspired the order that's found itself in an unusual spotlight ever since Leo's first public blessing from St. Peter's Basilica. 'He resolutely affirmed, 'I'm a son of Augustine, I'm Augustinian,' and this filled us all with pride. We're feeling like the pope's friars,' said the Rev. Pasquale Cormio, rector of Rome's Basilica of St. Augustine. Leo's predecessor, Pope Francis, was a Jesuit who took the name of the founder of the Franciscans. The Jesuit order is widely known for its scholarly star-power, while the Franciscans appeal to many because of the order's down-to-earth charity. The Augustinian order is a bit of a paradox — it remains as unassuming as when it was first organized in the mid-13th century as a union of mendicant orders, yet traces its origins to one of the most influential thinkers in Christian and Western culture. And now the friars are expecting that 'Father Bob' will bring some of St. Augustine's spiritual trademarks to the wider church. Augustinian spirituality 'Augustinian spirituality is founded on these words of St. Augustine — a single heart, a single soul oriented toward God, that is to say, toward unity,' said the Rev. Lizardo Estrada, who was a student of Leo's in seminary. 'That's why you can sum it up in four words, I'd say — community, interiority, charity and obedience.' For Augustinians, the foundation of a godly life is seeking truth with the help of Scriptures and sacraments, finding it as God's presence inside one's heart — the 'interiority' — and then taking that knowledge outward to help others. 'You can't adore the Lord every day, pray every day, and not find God in the vulnerable, in the humble, in those working the fields, in the Amazonian peoples,' said Estrada, who is secretary general of the Latin American and Caribbean Episcopal Conference. 'You can't know God inside you, have that knowledge, and stay put.' The order has certainly been on a journey — part of St. Augustine's enduring appeal is that he was a 'seeker' who introduced the concept of introspection as a way to happiness. Born in what today is Algeria in the 4th century, he embraced his mother's Christian faith during travels in Italy and went on to write some of history's pivotal spiritual and philosophical treatises. His answers to perennial questions such as free will versus predestination, true faith versus heresy, even issues addressing leadership, gender and sexuality continue to inform Western culture today, said Colleen Mitchell, a scholar with Villanova University's Augustinian Institute. The Augustinians since the Middle Ages As both male and female monastic communities started following him, St. Augustine wrote the basics of a 'rule' or the charter for an order, which was eventually assigned some eight centuries later by the pope to medieval hermits in Tuscany to form a single union. Today, the order of some 3,000 friars is active in 50 countries, with universities like Villanova in Pennsylvania and some 150,000 children enrolled in Augustinian schools. They operate missions across Africa, are growing in Asia, and run historic and artwork-filled churches across Europe, including Santo Spirito in Florence — for which a young Michelangelo sculpted a crucifix as a thank-you gift since the friars had allowed him access to their hospital to learn anatomy, said the prior general, the Rev. Alejandro Moral. 'The search for truth is very important because as St. Augustine put it, truth is not yours or mine, it's ours. And we have to engage in dialogue to find that truth and, once we have found it, walk together, because we both want to follow truth,' Moral told The Associated Press from the Augustinians' headquarters in Rome. A brother pope The large, unpretentious complex is next to the spectacular colonnade that encircles St. Peter's Square. Jubilant friars huddled at the windows cheering when Leo was announced as pope. A few days later, the pope joined them for a surprise lunch and the birthday celebration of a brother, showing the attention to fraternity that is an Augustinian point of pride. 'He puts you at ease, he has this way of being near that … always struck me even when he was prior general, and he's kept up that style as cardinal and now as pope,' said the Rev. Gabriele Pedicino, the provincial for Italy. He added that finding unity in diversity is another pillar of Augustinian thought that he expects Leo will promote. 'The diversity among brothers — I think that the pope will labor so that increasingly inside and outside the church, we can recognize the other, the different, not as a danger, not as an enemy, but as someone to love, someone who makes our life richer and more beautiful,' Pedicino said. Various friars found inspiration in the pope's motto, 'in illo uno unum' — Latin for 'in the one Christ, we are one' and derived from St. Augustine's sermons about Christian unity. He lived through times of division. A millennium later a former Augustinian, Martin Luther, broke with Catholicism and launched the Protestant Reformation. As today's Catholic Church also struggles with polarization, reestablishing a core unity centered in Jesus is a message that resonates widely. 'It's not like we're better than anybody else, we're all the same, and when we engage in dialogue, we need to realize that we need to greatly respect the other,' Moral said. 'I believe that this is fundamental to our mission — to listen, to respect, and to love. Pope Leo has this straightforward simplicity.' ___ Associated Press religion coverage receives support through the AP's collaboration with The Conversation US, with funding from Lilly Endowment Inc. The AP is solely responsible for this content.
