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

Introductory Session

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

1 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)

2 Lectio Magistralis on the topic of Poverty

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

3 Discussion

13:00 Lunch

First Session: Scripture and its Re-writings: a complex Tradition

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

4 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)

5 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

6 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)

7 Augustine as inspiration for social ethics today

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

20:00 Free dinner

Thursday 17 September

Second Session: Contemporaneity

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

8 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)

9 Poverty and the Church Magisterium

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

10 A special focus on social ethics

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

11 Peace, Conflicts and Poverty

Speaker: Lucia Capuzzi (Avvenire, Redazione Esteri)

11:10 Coffe Break

12 Law, Rights and Poverty

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

13 Para salir de la pobreza: oportunidades de educación con la IA

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

14 The Mediterranean Monastery Network for Peace

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

13:15 Lunch

Third Session: Global Poverty, Churches and Religions

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

15 Global Poverty: An Overview and Analysis

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

16 Poverty, Politics and Religion

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

17 Poverty, Politics and the role of the Churches today

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

18 General Discussion

16:30 Coffee brack

Fourth Session: Invited contributions by Young Scholars

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

19 Poverty and Migration (provisional title)

Vittorio Bruni (University of Oxford)

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

20 Analysis of water and sanitation services (provisional title)

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

21 Discussion

18:30 Short Break

Conclusive Session

Convener: Giuseppe Pagano (Santo Spirito Community, Firenze)

22 Conclusive Remarks

Speaker: Joseph Farrell (General Prior, Order of Saint Augustine)

20:00 Social Dinner