Pope Leo XIV signs Magnifica Humanitas at the Vatican’s Synod Hall May 15, 2026. Photo: OSV News / Simone Risoluti, Vatican Media. St Augustine uses the image of two cities to define the central conflict that runs throughout history between the self-love that constitutes the City of Man and the divine love that forms the City of God. Unsurprisingly, the first Augustinian Pope, Leo XIV, shapes Magnifica Humanitas, his first encyclical, around this image: “Humanity, created by…
