Leone XIV International Study Center
Research, culture, and dialogue inspired by Pope Leo XIV
Official communications from the Pope Leo XIV International Study Centre and the Convent of Santo Spirito in Florence.
Two days of study and planning at Santo Spirito to prepare the international conference “Let everything be yours in common. The Frontiers of Poverty”, dedicated to the new frontiers of poverty between ethics, politics, culture, and the Social Doctrine of the Church.
A delegation of the Leone XIV Study Center met Cardinal Pietro Parolin at the Vatican, sharing the Center’s Statute, founding values, and planned activities.
With its first General Assembly, held on January 22 in Florence at the Convent of Santo Spirito, the Leone XIV International Study Center officially enters its operational phase, renewing its governing bodies and launching the work of its Scientific Committee and thematic committees.
With its establishment as a Third Sector Entity (Ente del Terzo Settore – ETS), the Leo XIV International Study Centre enters its operational phase, consolidating a path of research, formation and dialogue already initiated in previous months, in continuity with the Augustinian tradition and the Social Doctrine of the Church.
The first series of lectures by the Pope Leo XIV International Study Center, dedicated to the figure and thought of Saint Augustine, begins at the Convent of Santo Spirito in Florence. Three events, from November 2025 to May 2026, will feature leading scholars and theologians reflecting on faith, peace, and civic responsibility in the light of Augustinian spirituality.
The presentation took place today at Palazzo Vecchio in Florence. The firs initiative will be a series of conferences on how Saint Agustine approached the theme of peace.
On 14 October 2025, in the Sala di Lorenzo of Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, the Pope Leo XIV International Study Centre—established within the Convent of Santo Spirito—will be officially presented.
Promoted by the Order of Saint Augustine, the new Centre aims to provide advanced formation in social and political life inspired by the Social Doctrine of the Church.
