Meeting on November 13 with participants in an assembly of the Italian Federation of Augustinian Monasteries, Pope Leo XIV called attention to three aspects of the Augustinian charism:
- “living and bearing witness to the joy of the union with God,”
- “the witness of charity,” and
- “the Federation itself.”
Explaining the last item, the Pontiff said that the meetings of nuns from different communities illustrates the synodal character of the Church, “particularly needed in a world that in many ways is becoming less open to dialogue and sharing.”