Name: Let everything be yours in common. The Frontiers of Poverty.
Start: 2026-09-16T11:00:00+00:00
End: 2026-09-17T21:00:00+00:00
Location: Pontificio Istituto Patristico Augustinianum

Let everything be yours in common. The Frontiers of Poverty.

from Wednesday, 16 September 2026 (11:00) to Thursday, 17 September 2026 (21:00)

Monday, 14 September 2026
Tuesday, 15 September 2026
Wednesday, 16 September 2026
11:00 Introductory Session: Introductory Session
Introductory Session
11:00 - 12:45
Contributions

11:00 Welcome addresses - Giuseppe Pagano (International Study Center Papa Leone XIV - Chair) Juan Antonio Cabrera (Istituto Patristico Augustinianum - Roma, Italy) Joseph Farrell (General Prior, Order of Saint Augustine)

11:15 Lectio Magistralis on the topic of Poverty - Enrico Giovannini (Università Tor Vergata - Roma, Italy)

12:05 Discussion
13:00 Lunch
Lunch
13:00 - 14:30
14:30 First Session: Scripture and its Re-writings: a complex Tradition
Scripture and its Re-writings: a complex Tradition
14:30 - 18:00
Contributions

14:30 Poverty in the Bible - Donatella Scaiola (Istituto Giovanni Paolo II - Roma, Italy) Kieran O’Mahoney (St. John’s Community - Dublin, Ireland)

15:30 Poverty: An Insight from the Fathers - Michele Cutino (Université de Strasbourg - Strasbourg, France)

16:30 Monastic poverty and poverty in mendicant orders. A different and complementary vision in the history of the Church - Francesco Salvestrini (Università di Firenze - Firenze, Italy)

17:00 Augustine as inspiration for social ethics today
20:00 Free dinner
Free dinner
20:00 - 20:20
Thursday, 17 September 2026
09:30 Second Session: Contemporaneity: Second Session: Contemporaneity
Second Session: Contemporaneity
09:30 - 13:00
Contributions

09:30 Short biblical-artistic meditation, i.e. on Caravaggio - Antonio Natali (già Direttore della Galleria degli Uffizi - Firenze, Italy) Elena Manganelli (Monastero Sant’Antonio da Padova - Pennabilli RN, Italy)

09:40 Poverty and the Church Magisterium - Erio Castellucci (Arcidiocesi di Modena-Nonantola - Modena, Italy)

10:10 A special focus on social ethics

10:40 Peace, Conflicts and Poverty - Lucia Capuzzi (Avvenire, Redazione Esteri)

11:30 Law, Rights and Poverty - Patrizia Giunti (Università di Firenze - Firenze, Italy)

12:00 Para salir de la pobreza: oportunidades de educación con la IA - Elías Neira (OALA – Organización de Agustinos de Latinoamérica)

12:30 The Mediterranean Monastery Network for Peace
13:15 Lunch
Lunch
13:15 - 14:30
14:30 Third Session: Global Poverty, Churches and Religions
14:30 - 17:00
Contributions

14:30 Global Poverty: An Overview and Analysis - Luis Marín De San Martín (Elemosiniere di Sua Santità – Città del Vaticano)

15:00 Poverty, Politics and Religion - Debora Spini (New York University and Syracuse University in Florence - Firenze, Italy)

15:30 Poverty, Politics and the role of the Churches today - Massimo Faggioli (Villanova University – Villanova PA, USA)

16:00 General Discussion
17:00 Fourth Session: Invited contributions by Young Scholars: Fourth Session: Invited contributions by Young Scholars
Fourth Session: Invited contributions by Young Scholars
17:00 - 18:30
Contributions

17:00 Poverty and Migration (provisional title) - Vittorio Bruni (University of Oxford - Oxford, UK)

17:30 Analysis of water and sanitation services (provisional title) - Federica Natalia Rosati (University College London - London, UK)

18:00 Discussion
18:30 Short Break
Short Break
18:30 - 18:45
18:45 Conclusive Session: Conclusive Session
Conclusive Session
18:45 - 19:00
Contributions

18:45 Conclusive Remarks - Joseph Farrell (General Prior, Order of Saint Augustine)
20:00 Social Dinner
Social Dinner
20:00 - 21:00