The Pontifical Alphonsian Academy (
Italian: Pontificia Accademia Alfonsiana;
Latin: Pontificia Academia Alphonsiana), also commonly known as the Alphonsianum, is a
pontifical institution of higher education founded in 1949 by the
Redemptorists and located in
Rome,
Italy.
Since 1960, the Academy has specialized in moral theology as a part of the Faculty of Theology of the
Pontifical Lateran University.[1] In 2023,
Pope Francis granted the institute the title of "Pontifical."[2] The Academy grants both the
licentiate and the
doctoral degrees in moral theology.