FILIPINO SAINT Sanctity is a note of the true Church, of the Catholic Church. It can flourish and shine in Asia as well as in other continents. It is the fecundity of the Cross that gives to the Church its eternal youth, so that from all races and cultures the seeds of the gospel [...]
Augustine was born in Tagaste, North Africa. His father, Patricius, was a minor Roman official who became Christian only at the enImaged of his life. Saint Monica, the mother of Saint Augustine, was a great influence in his life.
Monica was born a Christian at Tagaste, Africa, around the year 331, the daughter of devout parents who educated her in the faith. Augustine gives only one incident from her youth, obviously relayed to him by Monica herself, of how she was in danger of becoming a wine bibber, but was corrected when her secret [...]
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