Friday, 27th November 2015

8:00 AM Holy Mass (John Paul II University Chapel, ul. Bernardyńska 3) 8:45 AM Consecration of the new regional office of Polish Section of Aid to the Church in Need (ul. Bernardyńska 3) 9:00 AM Breakfast (John Paul II University, ul. Bernardyńska 3) 10:00 – 11:30 AM Press conference in the John Paul II University Auditorium (ul. Bernardyńska 3) with representatives of the Church of the Middle East and Africa, Aid to the Church in Need, and our experts His Excellency Joseph Coutts (The Archbishop of Karachi, Pakistan) His Excellency Bishop Kyrillos Kamal William Samaan (Bishop of Assiut, Egypt) His Excellency Shlemon Warduni ( of the of Babylon, Iraq) Polish presentation of the new Aid to the Church in Need report Reverend Professor Waldemar Cisło – Director of the Polish Section of Aid to the Church in Need Prof. Ryszard Legutko – Member of the European Parliament Indication of the goals and objectives of the Congress 1:00 PM Lunch (Łagiewniki) 2:00 PM Closed working groups (Łagiewniki) 8:30 PM Dinner

Saturday, 28th November 2015

7:00 AM Holy Mass (Sanctuary of the Divine Mercy in Łagiewniki) 8:00 AM Breakfast 9:00 AM Ceremonial opening of the Congress:

Prof. Ryszard Legutko – Member of the European Parliament

9:20 – 9:40 AM Short film introduction on the emergence of Christianity in the Middle East 9:40 – 10:00 AM Polish presentation of the new Aid to the Church in Need report Reverend Professor Waldemar Cisło – Director of the Polish Section of Aid to the Church in Need

moderator: Fr. Andrzej Halemba 10:00 – 12:00 AM Panel I - Testimonies – Head of Middle East Department in Aid to the Church in Need

Representatives of the Persecuted Church: „Sharia Law and persecution of Christians in Pakistan” – His Excellency Archbishop Joseph Coutts (The Archbishop of Karachi, Pakistan) „The Arab Spring and its influence on the situation of the Christians in Egypt" – His Excellency Bishop Kyrillos Kamal William Samaan (Bishop of Assiut, Egypt) „The threat posed by Islamic State to the oldest Christian Churches” – His Excellency Shlemon Warduni (Auxiliary Bishop of the Patriarchate of Babylon, Iraq) „Demonic State persecutes Christians. The message of the Book of Apocalypse” – Reverend Professor Henryk Witczyk (DABAR Foundation – Lublin University) Saturday, 28th November 2015

1:00 – 2:00 PM Lunch

2:00 – 4:00 PM Panel II - Politics moderator: Prof. Ryszard Legutko

Prof. Krzysztof Szczerski – Minister in the Cabinet of the President of Poland Mr Konrad Szymański – Minister for European Affairs Prof. Kazimierz Michał Ujazdowski – Member of the European Parliament Mr Luca Volonte – Expert on human rights, Novae Terrae foundation Dr. Krzysztof Strzałka – Assistant Professor, Institute of European Studies, Jagiellonian University

4:00 – 4:20 PM Coffee break

4:20 – 4:45 PM Presentation of the Ordo Iuris Report

moderator: Reverend Professor Piotr Mazurkiewicz 4:45 – 6:45 PM Panel III - Law – Secretary General of COMECE (2008-2012)

Prof. Aleksander Stępkowski – President of Ordo Iuris Prof. Jane Adolphe – Ave Maria School of Law Dr. Jose Luis Bazan – Legal Advisor, COMECE Dr. Roger Kiska – Senior Legal Counsel at Alliance Defending Freedom Mr Francisco Javier Borrego Borrego – former judge of the European Court of Human Rights

6:45 PM Summary of the Congress – Prof. Ryszard Legutko 8:00 PM Ceremonial dinner (Łagiewniki)