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

16 Sept 2026, 11:00 → 17 Sept 2026, 21:00 UTC

Roma

Wednesday 16 September

11:00 → 13:00 Introductory Session

Convener: Simone Morandini (Istituto di Studi Ecumenici “S. Bernardino”, Venezia)

11:00 Welcome addresses

Speakers: Giuseppe Pagano, Juan Antonio Cabrera

11:15 Lectio Magistralis on the topic of Poverty

Speaker: Enrico Giovannini

13:00 → 14:30 Lunch

14:30 → 18:00 First Session: Theological Foundations: First Session: : Theological Foundations

Convener: Cristina Simonelli (Facoltà Teologica dellÍtalia Settentrionale, Milano)

14:30 Poverty in the Bible

Donatella Scaiola: Poverty and Justice in the Old Testament
Kieran O'Mahoney: Povery in the Life Experience and Pastoral Theology of St Paul

Speakers: Donatella Scaiola (Istituto Giovanni Paolo II, Roma), Kieran O’Mahoney (St John's Community, Dublin)

15:30 Poverty: An Insight from the Fathers

Speaker: Michele Cutino (Université de Strasbourg)

16:00 Coffe break

16:30 Monastic poverty and poverty in mendicant orders. A different and complementary vision in the history of the Church

Speaker: Francesco Salvestrini (Università di Firenze, Firenze)

17:00 Discussant

Special focus on: Augustine as inspiration for social ethics today

Speaker: Donatella Pagliacci (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milano)

20:00 → 20:20 Social Dinner

Thursday 17 September

09:30 → 13:00 Second Session: Contemporaneity

Convener: Massimo Faggioli (Trinity College, Dublin)

09:30 Short biblical-artistic meditation, i.e. on Caravaggio

Speakers: Antonio Natali, Elena Manganelli (Monastero Sant’Antonio da Padova, Pennabilli (RN))

09:40 Poverty and the Church Magisterium

Speaker: Erio Castellucci (Vescovo di Modena)

10:10 Discussant

with a special focus on social ethics

Speaker: Pier Davide Guenzi

10:40 Peace, Conflicts and Poverty

Speaker: Lucia Capuzzi (Redazione Esteri, Quotidiano Avvenire)

11:10 Coffe Break

11:30 Law, Rights and Poverty

Speaker: Patrizia Giunti (Università di Firenze, Firenze)

12:00 Para salir de la pobreza: oportunidades de educación con la IA

Speaker: Elías Neira (Organización de los Augustinos de América Latina)

12:30 Discussant

with a special focus on the Mediterranean Monastery Network for Peace

Speaker: Claudia Maiorelli (Monastero Sant’Antonio da Padova, Pennabilli (RN))

13:15 → 14:30 Lunch

14:30 → 17:00 Third Session: Experiences and Suggestions

Convener: Simone Morandini (Istituto di Studi Ecumenici “S. Bernardino”, Venezia)

14:30 Global Poverty: An Overview and Analysis

Speaker: Luis Marín De San Martín

15:00 Poverty, Politics and Religion

Speaker: Debora Spini (New York University in Florence, Firenze)

15:30 Poverty, Politics and the role of the Churches today

Speaker: Massimo Faggioli (Trinity College, Dublin)

16:00 General Discussione

16:30 Coffee brack

17:00 → 18:30 Fourth Sessione: Contributions by Young Scholars

Convener: Chabi Kolawole (Istituto Patristico Augustinianum, Roma)

17:00 Invited Contributions by Young Scholars

Vittorio Bruni (University of Oxford)
Povevrty and Migration (provisional title)

Federica Natalia Rosati (University College London)
Analysis of water and sanitation services (provisional title)

Speakers: Federica Natalia Rosati (University College London), Vittorio Bruni (University of Oxford)

18:30 → 18:45 Short Break

18:45 → 19:00 Conclusive Session

Convener: Giuseppe Pagano (Santo Spirito Community, Firenze)

18:45 Conclusive Remarks

Speaker: Joseph Farrell (General Prior)

20:00 → 21:00 Dinner