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Program

September 7, Sunday

16.30

Eurogress
Opening Assembly

Chairperson

Susanne B�hl
Community of Sant�Egidio, member ZdK

Heinrich Mussinghoff
Bishop of Aachen, Germany

Message from Johannes Rau
President of the Federal Republic of Germany

Karl Lehmann
Cardinal, President of the German Bishops Conference

Nikolaus Schneider
President of the Evangelical Church of Rheinland, Germany

Message from H.H. John Paul II

Key-note speeches

Andrea Riccardi
Community of Sant�Egidio

Jacques Diouf
Director-General FAO

Panelists

Regis Debray
Writer, France

FORUM

Chairperson

Roger Etchegaray
Cardinal, Holy See

Key-note speeches

Kyrill
Orthodox Metropolitan, Moscow Patriarchate

Israel Meir Lau
Chief Rabbi, Israel

Mehmet Aydin
Minister of State, Turkey

September 8, Monday

Forum

9.30

Eurogress
Europe facing its Future: Identity and Values

Chairperson

Krystof Zanussi
Film director, Poland

Panelists

P�ter Erdo
Catholic Archbishop, Hungary

Giuseppe Laras
Chief Rabbi of Milan, Italy

Joachim Meisner
Cardinal, Germany

Konrad Raiser
Secretary General of the World Council of Churches

J�rgen Linden
Mayor of Aachen, Germany

9.30

Eurogress
Europe and Africa: a new Sympathetic Approach

Chairperson

Matteo Zuppi
Community of Sant�Egidio

Panelists

Jacques Diouf
Director-General FAO

Fr�d�ric Etsou-Nzabi-Bamungwabi
Cardinal, Congo RD

Mario Giro
Community of Sant�Egidio

Jean-Fran�ois Leguil-Bayart
Center for Studies and International Researches, Paris

Sunday C. Mbang
Chairperson of the World Methodist Council

Christa Nickels
Member of the German Parliament

9.30

Eurogress
War and Peace: the Role of Europe and Christians� Responsibility

Chairperson

Roger Etchegaray
Cardinal, Holy See

Panelists

Jean-Arnold de Clermont
President of the Protestant Federation of France

Jean Dominique Durand
University of Lyon III, France

Elisabeth Raiser
Evangelical-Lutheran Church, Germany

Stein T�nnesson
Peace Research Institute of Oslo, Norway

Antje Vollmer
Vice-president of the German Parliament

9.30

Eurogress
Treating AIDS in Africa

Chairperson

Michael Fitzgerald
Catholic Archbishop, Holy See

Panelists

Paola Germano
Community of Sant�Egidio

Katherine Marshall
World Bank, USA

Ishmael Noko
Secretary General of the Lutheran World Federation

Charles R. Snyder
Department of State, USA

9.30

Eurogress
The Elderly: the Wisdom of Peace

Chairperson

Stephanos II Ghattas
Patriarch of Alexandria of the Catholic Copts

Panelists

Frances M. Alguire
President emeritus of the World Methodist Council

Emmanuelle Cinquin
Witness, France

Lubomyr Husar
Cardinal, Ukraine

Silvia Marangoni
Community of Sant�Egidio

Serafim
Orthodox Metropolitan, Rumanian Patriarchate

9.30

Eurogress
The Religions� Self-Critique

Chairperson

Cornelio Sommaruga
President of the Caux Foundation, Switzerland

Panelists

Athanasios
Orthodox Bishop, Church of Greece

Mehmet Aydin
Minister of State, Turkey

Alain Cordier
President of �Bayard Presse�, France

Israel Meir Lau
Chief Rabbi, Israel

Mario Francesco Pompedda
Cardinal, Holy See

9.30

Eurogress
Humanists and Believers: Agenda for the New Century

Chairperson

Vincenzo Paglia
Catholic Bishop, Italy

Panelists

Claude Dagens
Catholic Bishop, France

Regis Debray
Writer, France

Agostino Giovagnoli
Community of Sant�Egidio

Pierre Morel
Ambassador of France to the Holy See

Emile Poulat
�cole des Hautes �tudes en Sciences Sociales, France

Mario Soares
President of International Committee for World Contract of Water, Portugal

9.30

Eurogress
Religions and the Environment

Chairperson

Daniel Kropf
Education for Life, Israel

Panelists

Augoustinos
Orthodox Metropolitan, Ecumenical Patriarchate

S.L.J. Gandhi
Anuvrat Global Organization, India

Chandra Muzaffar
International Movement for a Just World, Malaysia

David Rosen
American Jewish Committee, Israel

Ambrogio Spreafico
Community of Sant�Egidio

Kunihiro Shimamoto
Oomoto School, Japan

9.30

Missio
Prayer as a Source of Peace

Chairperson

Gr�goire III Laham
Patriarch of Antioch of Greek Melkites

Panelists

Casian
Orthodox Bishop, Rumanian Patriarchate

Riccardo Di Segni
Chief Rabbi of Rome, Italy

Mohammed Esslimani
Islamic theologian, Saudi Arabia

Alexander Ogorodnikov
Witness, Russian Federation

Michio Shinozaki
Buddhism Rissho Kosei Kai, Japan

Friedrich Wetter
Cardinal, Germany

16.30

Eurogress
Water: Environmental Crisis and Human Development

Chairperson

Riccardo Di Segni
Chief Rabbi of Rome, Italy

Panelists

Serge Latouche
University of Paris, France

Wolfgang Sachs
Wuppertal Institute, Germany

Mario Soares
President of International Committee for World Contract of Water, Portugal

Leonardo Palombi
Community of Sant�Egidio

16.30

Eurogress
Coexistence and Immigration in Europe

Chairperson

Christian Wiyghan Tumi
Cardinal, Cameroun

Panelists

Mehmet Aydin
Minister of State, Turkey

Lluis Martinez Sistach
Catholic Archbishop, Spain

Savino Pezzotta
Secretary General of CISL Trade Union, Italy

Daniela Pompei
Community of Sant�Egidio

Paul Spiegel
President of the Jewish Council in Germany

16.30

Eurogress
Pen and Peace

Chairperson

Jean Claude Petit
General Director of �Malesherbes Publications�, France

Panelists

Mohamed Aziza
�Acad�mie Mondiale de Po�sie�, France

Ed Garcia
International Alert, United Kingdom

Erich Kusch
Journalist, Germany

Mohamed Talbi
Islamic theologian, Tunisia

Henri Tincq
Journalist, France

Norbert Walter
Deutsche Bank, Germany

16.30

Eurogress
Catholics and Orthodox facing the Challenge of Ecumenism

Chairperson

Roger Etchegaray
Cardinal, Holy See

Panelists

Ignatios IV Hazim
Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East

Walter Kasper
Cardinal, Holy See

Kyrill
Orthodox Metropolitan, Moscow Patriarchate

Vincenzo Paglia
Catholic Bishop, Italy

16.30

Eurogress
Israel-Palestine: Dialogue about the Future

Chairperson

Stein T�nnesson
Peace Research Institute of Oslo, Norway

Panelists

Aded Alloun
Palestinian Authority

Tyseer Al-Tamimi
Head of the Sharia Court, Palestinian Authority

Oded Ben Hur
Ambassador of Israel to the Holy See

Elias Chacour
Director of the Prophet Elias College, Israel

David Rosen
American Jewish Committee, Israel

16.30

Eurogress
Religions in Africa

Chairperson

Jaime Pedro Gon�alves
Catholic Archbishop, Mozambique

Panelists

Marcel Honorat L�on Agboton
Catholic Bishop, Benin

Jules Dogbo
Secretary General of Harrists, C�te d�Ivoire

Elebe Kapalay
Church of Christ on Earth of Prophet Simon Kimbangu, Congo RD

Ishaq Idriss Sakouta
Islamic Brotherhood al-Sammaniyyah, Sudan

Seraphim
Orthodox Archbishop, Patriarchate of Alexandria

Mohammed Ahmed Sherif
Secretary General of the World Islamic Call Society, Libya

16.30

Eurogress
C�te d�Ivoire, from Civil War to Peace: the Role of Religions

Chairperson

Mario Giro
Community of Sant�Egidio

Panelists

Jacob Ediemou Blin
President of the Forum of Religious Confessions, C�te d�Ivoire

Paul-Sim�on Ahouanan Djro
Catholic Bishop, C�te d�Ivoire

Honor� Gui�
President of the �Collectifs de la Soci�t� Civil�, C�te d�Ivoire

Ntol� Kazadi
Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie

El hadi Kune Drissa Koudouss
President of the National Islamic Council of C�te d�Ivoire

16.30

Eurogress
Religions in Asia

Chairperson

Agostino Giovagnoli
Community of Sant�Egidio

Panelists

Homi Dhalla
World Zoroastrian Cultural Foundation, India

Panditha T. Dhammaloka Thero
Buddhist Amarapura Sect, Sri Lanka

Anthony Theodore Lobo
Catholic Bishop, Pakistan

Ahmad Syafii Maarif
Chairman Islamic Movement Muhammadiyah, Indonesia

Rai K. Srivastava
Center for the Study of Developing Societies, India

Tep Vong
Supreme Patriarch of Cambodian Buddhism

16.30

Bisch�fliche Akademie
John Paul II: 25 years of Pontificate. A Balance drawn by the various Faiths

Chairperson

Ignace Moussa Daoud
Cardinal, Holy See

Panelists

Richard Garrard
Anglican Bishop, United Kingdom

Mar Gregorios Ibrahim
Orthodox Metropolitan, Syrian Church

Ren� Samuel Sirat
Conference of European Rabbis, France

Mohammed Amine Smaili
Islamic theologian, Morocco

Gijun Sugitani
Secretary General WCRP, Japan

Krystof Zanussi
Film director, Poland

16.30

Missio
The Future of Japan: Within War and Peace

Chairperson

Peter Shirayanagi
Cardinal, Japan

Panelists

Gensho Hozumi
Rinzai Zen Buddhism, Japan

Shuten Kato
Soto Zen Buddhism, Japan

Takahisa Kato
Shinto Shrines, Japan

Ryoko Nishioka
Tendai Buddhist Denomination, Japan

Mitsuo Yamazaki
Oomoto School, Japan

Yoshiniko Yasuno
Tenrikyo, Japan

16.30

Technologiezentrum am Europaplatz
Dreaming a Future for Latin America

Chairperson

Guzm�n Carriquiry
Holy See

Panelists

Jesus Delgado
General vicar of San Salvador, El Salvador

Guillermo Leon Escobar-Herran
Ambassador of Colombia to the Holy See

Justo Oscar Laguna
Catholic Bishop, Argentina

Pedro Rubiano Saenz
Cardinal, Colombia

Josef Sayer
President of Misereor, Germany

Francisco Whitaker
Commission for Justice and Peace, Brazil

September 9, Tuesday

Forum

9.30

Eurogress
Religions in a �Great Europe�

Chairperson

Ambrogio Spreafico
Community of Sant�Egidio

Panelists

Dalil Boubakeur
President of the Muslim Institute of the Mosque of Paris, France

Vsevolod Chaplin
Department for External Relations, Moscow Patriarchate

Godfried Danneels
Cardinal, Belgium

Amos Luzzatto
President of the Union of Italian Jewish Communities

Antje Heider-Rottwilm
Evangelical Church in Germany

9.30

Eurogress
Clash or Dialogue among Religions?

Chairperson

Mario Francesco Pompedda
Cardinal, Holy See

Panelists

Michael Fitzgerald
Catholic Archbishop, Holy See

Kojun Handa
Tendai Buddhist Denomination, Japan

Hans Joachim Meyer
President of ZDK, Germany

Emile Poulat
�cole des Hautes �tudes en Sciences Sociales, France

Ren� Samuel Sirat
Conference of European Rabbis, France

Mohamed Talbi
Islamic theologian, Tunisia

9.30

Eurogress
Muslims and Christians: how can we live together?

Chairperson

Ghassan Tueni
President of �les Editions Dar An-Nahar�, Lebanon

Panelists

Cyrille Salim Bustros
Greek Catholic Archbishop, Lebanon

Hasan Hanafi
University of Cairo, Egypt

Anthony Theodore Lobo
Catholic Bishop, Pakistan

Paul Yazigi
Greek Orthodox Metropolitan, Patriarchate of Antioch

Mohammad Sammak
Political Advisor to the Grand Mufti of Lebanon

9.30

Eurogress
The Abolition of the Death Penalty: a Target for the XXI Century

Chairperson

Gaetano Dammacco
University of Bari, Italy

Panelists

Sona Khan
Supreme Court, India

Lance Lindsey
Death Penalty Focus, USA

Mario Marazziti
Community of Sant�Egidio

Helen Prejean
Moratorium 2000, USA

Misaki Yagishita
Amnesty International, Japan

9.30

Eurogress
Solidarity at the Root of Peace

Chairperson

Augusto Forti
Vice-president of Ideasolidarit�, France

Panelists

Janne Haaland-Matlary
University of Oslo, Norway

Walter Kasper
Cardinal, Holy See

Sunday C. Mbang
Chairperson of the World Methodist Council

Savino Pezzotta
Secretary General of CISL Trade Union, Italy

Hermann Schal�ck
President of Missio, Germany

9.30

Eurogress
Iraq within War and Peace

Chairperson

Ignace Moussa Daoud
Cardinal, Holy See

Panelists

Sayed Aiad Jamal Aldin
Shiite Community, Iraq

Paul Youssef Matar
Catholic Archbishop, Lebanon

Ahmed M. Mohammed
Sunnite Community, Iraq

Shlemon Warduni
Chaldean Bishop of Baghdad, Iraq

9.30

Eurogress
Media, War and Peace

Chairperson

Erich Kusch
Journalist, Germany

Panelists

Giulio Albanese
Editor in Chief of MISNA, Italy

Jacques Duquesne
Journalist, France

Salima Ghezali
Editor in Chief of �La Nation�, Algeria

Enric Juliana
Vice-director of �La Vanguardia�, Spain

Fran�ois R�gis Hutin
PDG of �Ouest France�, France

Marco Politi
Journalist, Italy

9.30

Eurogress
Catholics and Lutherans after Augsburg

Chairperson

Keith Clements
Secretary General of KEK

Panelists

Viktor Josef Dammertz
Catholic Bishop, Germany

Ivo Huber
Evangelical-Lutheran Church, Germany

Ishmael Noko
Secretary General of the Lutheran World Federation

Paul Werner Scheele
Catholic Bishop, Germany

9.30

Missio
The Christians� Responsibilities in the Midst of the World Chaos

Chairperson

Aldo Giordano
Secretary General of CCEE

Panelists

Jaume Castro
Community of Sant'Egidio

Stanislav Hocevar
Catholic Archbishop, Serbia and Montenegro

Paul Lacey
President of American Friends Service Committee, USA

Winfried Pilz
President of Kindermissionswerk, Germany

Ludwig Schick
Catholic Archbishop, Germany

Francisco Whitaker
Commission for Justice and Peace, Brazil

9.30

Technologiezentrum am Europaplatz
The Martyrs� Heritage for the XXI Century

Chairperson

Joris A.O.L. Vercammen
Old-Catholic Archbishop of Utrecht, Netherlands

Panelists

Galaktion
Orthodox Metropolitan, Bulgarian Patriarchate

Marco Gnavi
Community of Sant�Egidio

Jonas Jonson
Lutheran Bishop, Sweden

Longin
Orthodox Archbishop, Moscow Patriarchate

Shahan Sarkissian
Armenian Catholicossate of Cilicia

Nikolaus Schneider
President of the Evangelical Church of Rheinland, Germany

17.30


Prayer for Peace

19.00


Procession of Peace

19.30

Katschhof
Final Ceremony

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