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

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

Pontificio Istituto Patristico Augustinianum

First_Bulletin_Sept.pdf

Wednesday 16 September

11:00 → 12:45 Introductory Session

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

11:00 Welcome addresses

Speakers: 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

Speaker: Enrico Giovannini (Università Tor Vergata - Roma, Italy)

12:05 Discussion

13:00 → 14:30 Lunch

14:30 → 18:00 First Session: Scripture and its Re-writings: a complex Tradition

Convener: Cristina Simonelli (Facoltà Teologica dell'Italia Settentrionale - Milano, Italy)

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, Italy), Kieran O’Mahoney (St. John’s Community - Dublin, Ireland)

15:30 Poverty: An Insight from the Fathers

Voluntate pauperrimus (Civ I,10,2).
Augustine on Paulinus of Nola: poverty as a Christian choice

Speaker: Michele Cutino (Université de Strasbourg - Strasbourg, France)

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, Italy)

17:00 Augustine as inspiration for social ethics today

Discussant: Donatella Pagliacci (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore - Milano, Italy)

20:00 → 20:20 Free dinner

Thursday 17 September

09:30 → 13:00 Second Session: Contemporaneity

Convener: Massimo Faggioli (Villanova University, Pennsylvania, USA)

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

Speakers: 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

Speaker: Erio Castellucci (Arcidiocesi di Modena-Nonantola - Modena, Italy)

10:10 A special focus on social ethics

Discussant: Pier Davide Guenzi (Istituto Giovanni Paolo II - Roma, Italy)

10:40 Peace, Conflicts and Poverty

Speaker: Lucia Capuzzi (Avvenire, Redazione Esteri)

11:10 Coffe Break

11:30 Law, Rights and Poverty

Speaker: Patrizia Giunti (Università di Firenze - Firenze, Italy)

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

Speaker: Elías Neira (OALA – Organización de Agustinos de Latinoamérica)

12:30 The Mediterranean Monastery Network for Peace

Discussant: Claudia Maiorelli ((Monastero Sant’Antonio da Padova - Pennabilli RN, Italy))

13:15 → 14:30 Lunch

14:30 → 17:00 Third Session: Global Poverty, Churches and Religions

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

14:30 Global Poverty: An Overview and Analysis

Speaker: Luis Marín De San Martín (Elemosiniere di Sua Santità – Città del Vaticano)

15:00 Poverty, Politics and Religion

Speaker: Debora Spini (New York University and Syracuse University in Florence - Firenze, Italy)

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

Speaker: Massimo Faggioli (Villanova University – Villanova PA, USA)

16:00 General Discussion

16:30 Coffee brack

17:00 → 18:30 Fourth Session: Invited contributions by Young Scholars

Convener: Chabi Kolawole (Istituto Patristico Augustinianum - Roma, Italy)

17:00 Poverty and Migration (provisional title)

Vittorio Bruni (University of Oxford)

Speaker: Vittorio Bruni (University of Oxford - Oxford, UK)

17:30 Analysis of water and sanitation services (provisional title)

Speaker: Federica Natalia Rosati (University College London - London, UK)

18:00 Discussion

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, Order of Saint Augustine)

20:00 → 21:00 Social Dinner