In an interview for a publication of his religious order, the Augustinians, then-Cardinal Robert Prevost said, when asked about Saint Augustine’s influence:

When I think of St Augustine, his vision and understanding of what it means to belong to the Church, one of the first things that springs to mind is what he says about how you cannot say you are a follower of Christ without being part of the Church. Christ is part of the Church. He is the head. So people who think they can follow Christ “in their own way” without being part of the body, are, unfortunately, living a distortion of what is really an authentic experience. St Augustine’s teachings touch every part of life, and help us to live in communion. Unity and communion are essential charisms of the life of the Order and a fundamental part of understanding what the Church is and what it means to be in it.

Fellow Chicagoan Bishop Robert Barron is forever talking about the “nones,” those who consider themselves spiritual, but not religious. Pope Leo XIV would like to have a talk with them, it would seem. And issue an invitation to Christ.