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Brendan Augustine Baran, O.P. is a Dominican Friar of the Province of St. Joseph and currently serves as Assistant Instructional Professor of Theology at Providence College in Rhode Island. His scholarly attention has been on the sermons of Saint Augustine, with publications in Augustinian Studies and the Journal of Early Christian Studies.
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Pope Leo's quotation of Augustine after his election contains within it an important theological point about the nature of the episcopacy. The quotation signals Leo XIV’s approach to his role as bishop of Rome.