The Vatican Publishing House today, May 4, published Free Under Grace: In the School of St. Augustine Facing the Challenges of History.>It is said to gather together texts written by Robert Francis Prevost during his tenure as Prior General of the Order of St. Augustine from 2001 to 2013. The collection reportedly offers a look at the reflections of Leo XIV prior to his election, assembling for the first time his speeches, homilies, letters, and messages from his years leading the Augustinian order. According to media reports the volume provides insight into both his theological perspective and spiritual development before becoming “Pontiff’.>I am sure it will be the usual post-conciliar yawn-fest, as these types of books usually are, but what is interesting is what the progressive media platforms, such as Katolsich.de, had to say about it.

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