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The Courage to Hope Religions and Cultures in Dialogue Community of Sant’Egidio The Courage to Hope Religions and Cultures in Dialogue International Meeting for Peace Rome 29 th September - 1st October, 2013 PROGRAMME 2 Sunday 29th September morning Presided over by 10.30 a.m. Eucharistic Agostino Vallini Celebration Cardinal, Vicar General of His Holiness for the Diocese of Rome In the presence of the representatives of the Christian Churches and Ecclesial Communities Basilica of St Paul Outside the Walls Piazzale di San Paolo, 1 3 Sunday 29th September afternoon Opening 05.00 p.m. Chairperson Assembly Maite Carpio Journalist and Film Director , Italy Opening greetings Ignazio Marino Mayor of Rome Nicola Zingaretti President of Lazio Region Auditorium Conciliazione Via della Conciliazione, 4 Speeches Andrea Riccardi Available languages: Founder of the Community of Sant'Egidio Italian, English, French, Arabic, Russian, Japanese, Portuguese Jeffrey D. Sachs Director of the Earth Institute, Columbia University, USA Enrico Letta President of the Council of Ministers Contributions Agostino Vallini Cardinal, Vicar General of His Holiness for the Diocese of Rome Jorge Carlos Fonseca President of the Republic of Capo Verde 4 Sunday 29th September afternoon MUSIC Opening Assembly Round Table Monica Maggioni Director of Rai News 24, Italy will chair the conversation among Shawki Ibrahim Abdel-Karim Allam Grand Mufti of the Arab Republic of Egypt John X Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East David Rosen Rabbi, International Director of Interreligious Affairs, AJC Didi Talwalkar Leader of the Swadhyaya Movement, India 5 Monday 30th September morning Chairperson Panel 1 09.00 a.m. The Value of Life Pierre-André Dumas 11.00 a.m. Catholic Bishop, Haiti and Vulnerability Contributions Ioan Orthodox Archbishop, Romanian Patriarchate Peter Maurer President of the International Red Cross Clemenza Hall, ABI Committee, Switzerland Piazza del Gesù, 49 Leonardo Palombi Available languages: Community of Sant'Egidio, Italy Italian, English, French Susanna Tamaro Writer, Italy Oded Wiener General Director of the Chief Rabbinate of Israel 6 Monday 30th September morning Chairperson 09.00 a.m. Panel 2 Mary Tanner Hope Today Co-president of the World Council of Churches 11.00 a.m. Contributions Johan Jozef Bonny Catholic Bishop, Belgium Cyrille Salim Bustros Greek Catholic Archbishop, Lebanon Church of Saint Callistus Gabriel Piazza di S.Calisto Chief Secretary of the Holy Synod, Church of Greece Available languages: Italian, English, French Marco Tasca General Minister of the Minor Conventual Friars, Italy Anders Wejryd Lutheran Archbishop and Primate of Sweden 7 Monday 30th September morning Chairperson Panel 3 09.00 a.m. The Power of Prayer Ignazio Sanna 11.00 a.m. Catholic Archbishop, Italy throughout History Contributions Avichai Apel Rabbi of Dortmund, Germany Dionysius Jean Kawak Orthodox Archbishop, Syrian Church Hall of Dante’s House Piazza Sidney Sonnino, 5 Ole Christian Maelen Kvarme Lutheran Bishop, Norway Available languages: Italian, English, Arabic Hassan Shafi`e University of Al Azhar, Egypt Brian C. Stiller Global Ambassador of the World Evangelical Alliance, USA 8 Monday 30th September morning Chairperson 09.00 a.m. Panel 4 Katherine Marshall Religions Respond Georgetown University, USA 11.00 a.m. to Violence Contributions against Women Tamara Chikunova Founder of the “Mothers against Death Penalty and Torture” Association, Uzbekistan Siti Musdah Mulia President of the Indonesian Conference Hall, Villa Maria Conference of Religions for Peace Via delle Mura Gianicolensi, 67 David Rosen Available languages: Italian, English, French, Russian Rabbi, International Director of Interreligious Affairs, AJC Michel Santier Catholic Bishop, France Didi Talwalkar Leader of the Swadhyaya Movement, India 9 Monday 30th September morning Chairperson Panel 5 09.00 a.m. Hope and Peace, Muneto Nikai 11.00 a.m. Journalist, Japan Religions in Japan Contributions Takashi Ago Oomoto, Japan Yoshitaka Hatakeyama WCRP, Japan Peace Hall Piazza di S. Egidio, 3 Gensho Hozumi Rinzai Zen Buddhism, Japan Available languages: Italian, English, Japanese Kansho Kayaki Tendai Buddhism, Japan Dominic Ryoji Miyahara Catholic Bishop, Japan Togen Moss Soto Zen Buddhism, Japan Yoshihiko Shirokihara Tenrikyo, Japan Yasutaka Watanabe Rissho Kosei Kai, Japan 10 Monday 30th September morning Chairperson 09.00 a.m. Panel 6 Mario Marazziti Generosity and Community of Sant’Egidio, Italy 11.00 a.m. Market Economy Contributions Paolo Borzatta The European House - Ambrosetti, Italy Michel Camdessus Honorary Governor of the Bank of France Auditorium John Paul II Christophe De Margerie Via Urbano VIII, 16 President and Director General of TOTAL, France Available languages: Italian, English, French Jaron Engelmayer Chief Rabbi of Cologne, Germany Eero Huovinen Lutheran Bishop, Finland 11 Monday 30th September morning Chairperson Panel 7 09.00 a.m. Fifty Years after Jean-Dominique Durand 11.00 a.m. Pacem inTerris Lyon 3 University, France Contributions Athanasios Orthodox Metropolitan Bishop, Church of Greece Jean-Arnold de Clermont Pastor of the Reformed Church, France Theatre of the Collegio Urbano Via Urbano VIII, 16 Marco Roncalli President of “Pope John XXIII” Foundation, Italy Available languages: Italian, English, French Mario Toso Bishop, Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, Holy See 12 Monday 30th September morning Chairperson 09.00 a.m. Panel 8 Vittorio Ianari Christians Community of Sant’Egidio, Italy 11.00 a.m. and Muslims: Contributions the Culture Abdul Majeed Al-Najjar of Living Together Member of the Constituent Assembly, Tunisia Ghaleb Bader Catholic Archbishop, Algeria Newman Hall, Urbaniana University Mustafa Cerić Via Urbano VIII, 16 Former Rais al-Ulama of Bosnia and Herzegovina Available languages: Italian, English, Arabic Anwar Ibrahim Member of Parliament and leader of PKR, Malaysia Syuhud Sahudi Marsudi Secretary General of “Nahdlatul Ulama”, Indonesia Paul Youssef Matar Maronite Catholic Archbishop, Lebanon 13 Monday 30th September afternoon Chairperson Panel 9 04.30 p.m. Latin America Crescenzio Sepe 07.00 p.m. Cardinal, Archbishop of Naples, Italy and Pope Francis Contributions Valentina Alazraki Vatican Accredited Journalist, Mexico Guzmán Carriquiry Basilica of St. Bartholomew Secretary of the Pontifical Commission Piazza di San Bartolomeo for Latin America, Holy See all’isola, 22 Jesus Delgado Available languages: Diocese of San Salvador, El Salvador Italian, English, Spanish Marco Gallo Catholic University of Buenos Aires, Argentina Abraham Skorka Rabbi, Argentina Gianni Valente Journalist, “Fides” Agency, Holy See Matteo Zuppi Catholic Bishop, Italy 14 Monday 30th September afternoon Chairperson 04.30 p.m. Panel 10 Joan Enric Vives I Sicìlia Migrations: Catholic Bishop and Co-Prince of Andorra 07.00 p.m. Welcoming Contributions and Integrating Antonio Maria Vegliò Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Migrants, Holy See Suzan J. Cook Ambassador at Large for Religious Freedom, Clemenza Hall, ABI USA Piazza del Gesù, 49 Jean-Pierre Denis Available languages: Italian, English, French Director of “La Vie”, France Alganesh Fessaha President of “Gandhi Association”, Eritrea José Angel Oropeza Director of the Mediterranean Coordination of the IMO Daniela Pompei Community of Sant’Egidio, Italy 15 Monday 30th September afternoon Chairperson Panel 11 04.30 p.m. Describing the World: Angelo Scelzo 07.00 p.m. Vice Director of the Holy See Press Office Information and Peace Contributions Daniel Deckers Journalist, “Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung”, Germany M'hamed Krichen Church of Saint Callistus Journalist, “Al Jazeera TV Channel”, Tunisia Piazza di S. Calisto Enric Juliana Available languages: Vice Director of "La Vanguardia", Spain Italian, English, French Maria Paz López President of the “International Association of Religion Journalists”, Spain Mario Orfeo Director of TG1, Italy Jean Claude Petit Journalist and Writer, France Victor Simpson Journalist, “Associated Press”, USA 16 Monday 30th September afternoon Chairperson 04.30 p.m. Panel 12 Ambrogio Spreafico God Loves Catholic Bishop, Italy 07.00 p.m. the Poor Contributions Eugenio Bernardini Pastor, Moderator of the Valdese Council, Italy Abuna Markos Orthodox Archbishop, Hall of Dante’s House Ethiopian Tewahedo Church Piazza Sidney Sonnino, 5 Heinrich Mussinghoff Available languages: Italian, English Catholic Bishop, Germany Abdallah Reduane Ibn Al-Huessein Cultural Islamic Centre of Italy Swami Samvidananda Saraswati Kailash Ashram, Hinduism, India Israel Singer Rabbi, Touro University, USA 17 Monday 30th September afternoon Chairperson Panel 13 04.30 p.m. Strenght in Years: Paul Poupard 07.00 p.m. Cardinal, Holy See Old Age as a Blessing Contributions Riccardo Di Segni Chief Rabbi of Rome, Italy Sayed Hani Fahs Supreme Shiite Islamic Council, Lebanon Conference Hall of Villa Maria Via delle Mura Gianicolensi, 67 Filaret Orthodox Bishop, Ukrainian Church, Available languages: Moscow Patriarchate Italian, Arabic, Russian, Japanese, German Joachim Gnilka Catholic Theologian, Germany Shoten Minegishi Soto Buddhist Monk, Japan Daniela Sironi Community of Sant’Egidio, Italy 18 Monday 30th September afternoon Chairperson 04.30 p.m. Panel 14 Jan De Volder Christians Community of Sant’Egidio, Belgium 07.00 p.m. and Muslims Contributions in Dialogue John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan Cardinal, Archbishop of Abuja, Nigeria Sayyed Salih al-Hakeem Professor of Islamic Law, Iraq Peace Hall Mahmoud Azab Piazza di S. 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