Pontificia Università Lateranense - Pontifical Lateran University
Doctorate degree (three years) in Pastoral Theology
Rome, Italy
PhD
DURATION
LANGUAGES
Italian
PACE
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
Oct 2026
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Key Summary
About: The Pontifical Pastoral Institute “Redemptor Hominis” at the Pontifical Lateran University offers a Doctorate in Pastoral Theology. It trains specialists in pastoral theology, seminary formation and theological education, focusing on identity, method, Social Doctrine of the Church, health care ministry and dialogue with social and human sciences. The program runs three years and prepares students for teaching, research and pastoral leadership in ecclesial contexts and ministerial formation.
Career Outcomes: Graduates can work as seminary teachers, theological faculty, chaplains, pastoral coordinators, diocesan officers or missionaries, take roles in pastoral counseling, health care chaplaincy, social outreach, or research in theology and missiology.
The Pontifical Pastoral Institute “Redemptor Hominis” trains and specializes students in pastoral theology: both in its fundamental themes (identity and method) and in relation to some specific areas of ecclesial activity. In particular, it prepares future teachers for teaching in seminaries and theological institutes as well as pastoral workers who are experts in the various fields of ecclesial life.
In view of a missionary renewal of the Church, the Institute pays particular attention to the themes of the Social Doctrine of the Church, the pastoral and health care; and the dialogue between theology, social and human sciences.
