Pope Leo XIV met on Thursday with participants in the Ordinary Federal Assembly of the Federation of Augustinian Monasteries in Italy, focusing on three aspects of the Augustinian religious’ mission as contemplatives in the Church: “to live and bear witness to the joy of the union with God,” “to bear witness to charity in their communal life,” and as a Federation “to coordinate the distribution of offices, work, finances, and at times religious among their various member convents.” #monasticlife