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September 5, Sunday

17:00

Opening Ceremony
Teatro degli Arcimboldi

Chairperson

Lorella Cuccarini
"Associazione Trenta Ore per la Vita", Italy

Opening welcome

Dionigi Tettamanzi
Cardinal, Archbishop of Milan

Gabriele Albertini
Mayor of Milan

Greetings

Yasumi Hirose
Shintoism, Oomoto Denomination, Japan

Panelists

Franco Frattini
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Italy

Abdoulaye Wade
President of Senegal

Romano Prodi
President of the European Commission

Coro "Le Voci Bianche di Novara"

"Lo spirito di Assisi"

Introductory speech

Andrea Riccardi
Community of Sant�Egidio

Panelists

Camillo Ruini
Cardinal, President of the Italian Bishops� Conference

Yona Metzger
Chief Rabbi of Israel

Ibrahim Ezzeddine
Presidential Adviser, United Arab Emirates

Jean Daniel
Founder of �Nouvel Observateur�, France

September 6, Monday

09:30

Immigration: Chance for a New Humanism
Hotel Marriott, Sala Washington 1

Chairperson

Aldo Giordano
Secretary of the Council European Bishops� Conferences

Panelists

Fabrizio Gatti
Journalist, Italy

Agostino Marchetto
Archbishop, Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Migrants

Hassan Ourid
Spokesperson of the Royal Palace, Morocco

Daniela Pompei
Community of Sant�Egidio

Jean-Christophe Rufin
President of �Action Contre la Faim�, France

Sebouh Sarkissian
Metropolitan of Teheran, Orthodox Armenian Church

09:30

"Peoples as Brothers, Churches as Sisters": Christian Unity and World Peace
Hotel Marriott, Sala Washington 2

Chairperson

Anastasios
Primate of the Albanian Orthodox Church

Panelists

Khajak Barsamian
Archbishop of New York, Armenian Orthodox Church

Richard Chartres
Anglican Bishop of London

Jean-Arnold de Clermont
President of the Conference of European Churches (CEC), France

Johannes Friedrich
Lutheran Bishop, Germany

Walter Kasper
Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Christian Unity

Abune Paulos
Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church

09:30

The Memory of Evil, the Courage to forgive
Universit� Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Aula Magna

Chairperson

Jean Dominique Durand
University of Lyon, France

Panelists

Marguerite Barankitse
Witness, Burundi

Rita Borsellino
Witness, Italy

V�clav Maly
Catholic Bishop, Czech Republic

Emile Shoufani
Catholic Priest in Nazareth, Israel

Celestin Twizere
Community of Sant�Egidio, Rwanda

Antje Vollmer
Vice-President of the Parliament, Germany

09:30

The Fight against Poverty: the first Frontier of a New Humanism
Casa Ildefonso Schuster, Sala Pio XII

Chairperson

Gaspare Barbiellini Amidei
Journalist, "Corriere della sera", Italy

Panelists

Gianni Colzani
Pontifical University "Urbaniana", Italy

Riccardo Di Segni
Chief Rabbi of Rome, Italy

Oscar Monteiro
Jurist, Mozambique

Giancarlo Rovati
Chairman of the Commission on Social Exclusion, Italy

Anselme Sanon
Catholic Archbishop, Burkina Faso

Francesca Zuccari
Community of Sant�Egidio

09:30

Treating HIV/AIDS in Africa: a Challenge for a New Humanism
Hotel Marriott, Sala Manzoni

Chairperson

Cornelio Sommaruga
President of �Caux� Foundation, Switzerland

Panelists

M. Concepcion Valls
Director of Health Center, Mozambique

Mark Dybul
Global AIDS Coordinator, USA

Paola Germano
Community of Sant�Egidio

Katherine Marshall
World Bank, USA

James Nicholson
Ambassador of the USA

Ibra Ndoye
�Conseil National de Lutte contre le SIDA�, Senegal

09:30

The Civilization of Coexistence
Universit� Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Aula Vito

Chairperson

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

Panelists

Claude Dagens
Catholic Bishop, France

Robert W. Edgar
National Council of Churches, USA

Sohan Lal Gandhi
Jainism, India

Gregorio III
Patriarch of Antioch of Melkites, Syria

Pierre Morel
Ambassador of France

Mohammed Sayyed Mousavi Boujnourdi
Ayatollah, Imam Khomeiny Institute, Iran

09:30

The Responsibility of Economy and Culture in Constructing Europe
Universit� Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Aula Lazzati

Chairperson

Ferruccio De Bortoli
Chief Executive Officer "RCS Libri", Italy

Panelists

Maurice Aymard
Director of the "Maison de Science de l�Homme", France

Alessandro Profumo
Chief Executive Officer �UniCredit�, Italy

Tzvetan Todorov
CNRS, France

09:30

The European Union and the Greater Europe
Hotel Marriott, Sala C

Chairperson

Philippe Barbarin
Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon, France

Panelists

Vsevolod Chaplin
Department for External Church Relations, Patriarchy of Moscow

Athanasios Chatzopulos
Orthodox Bishop, Church of Greece

Jean Daniel
Founder of �Nouvel Observateur�, France

Janne Haaland-Matlary
University of Oslo, Norway

Jaroslav� Moserova
Senator, Czech Republic

Ludwig Schick
Catholic Archbishop, Germany

09:30

War and Peace in Northern Ireland: the Voices of the Faithful
Hotel Marriott, Sala Foscolo

Chairperson

Diarmuid Martin
Catholic Archbishop, Ireland

Panelists

Dennis Cooke
Methodist Pastor, Northern Ireland

Michael Jackson
Anglican Bishop, UK

Mairead Maguire
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, UK

Donal McKeown
Catholic Bishop, Northern Ireland

Ken Newell
Moderator of the Presbyterian Church, Northern Ireland

David W. Porter
Evangelical Contribution, Northern Ireland

09:30

Latin America: the Courage to forge a New Humanism
Universit� Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Cripta Aula Magna

Chairperson

Javier Luis Ega�a Baraona
Presidency of the Republic, Chile

Panelists

Riccardo Cannelli
Community of Sant�Egidio

Guzm�n Carriquiry
Pontifical Council for the Laity

Guillermo Leon Escobar-Herran
Ambassador of Colombia

Justo Oscar Laguna
Catholic Bishop, Argentina

Jordi Pujol
Former President of Catalonia, Spain

Mario Soares
Former President of Portugal

09:30

Iraq between Present and Future
Universit� Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Cinema Gnomo

Chairperson

Ignace Moussa Daoud
Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches

Panelists

Taha Jabir Al-Alawani
Fiqh Council of USA

Muthanna Al-Dari
Association of Muslim Scholars, Iraq

Jawad Al-Khalisi
Iraqi Re-foundation Congress, Iraq

Shlemon Warduni
Catholic Bishop, Iraq

16:30

Bioethics and New Humanism
Hotel Marriott, Sala Washington 1

Chairperson

Lorenzo Ornaghi
Rector of the Catholic University "Sacro Cuore", Italy

Panelists

Philippe Barbarin
Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon, France

Marie de Hennezel
Secretary of State, France

Hasan Hanafi
Cairo University, Egypt

Amos Luzzatto
President of the Union of Italian Jewish Communities, Italy

Dionigi Tettamanzi
Cardinal, Archbishop of Milan

16:30

"New" Conflicts
Hotel Marriott, Sala Washington 2

Chairperson

Renato Raffaele Martino
Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace

Panelists

Johann Christoph Arnold
�Bruderhof� Community, USA

Fabrizio Battistelli
�Archivio Disarmo�, Italy

Ibrahim Ezzeddine
Presidential Adviser, United Arab Emirates

Jakob Kellenberger
President of International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)

Jean-Francois Leguil-Bayart
"Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches Internationales�, France

Jean-Christophe Rufin
President of �Action Contre la Faim�, France

16:30

Secular-Religious Dialogue
Universit� Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Aula Magna

Chairperson

Paul Poupard
Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Culture

Panelists

Gad Lerner
Journalist, Italy

Arrigo Levi
Adviser to the President of the Republic, Italy

Javier Moctezuma
Ambassador of Mexico

Vincenzo Paglia
Catholic Bishop, Italy

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

Mario Soares
Former President of Portugal

16:30

The Fragility of Democracy
Casa Ildefonso Schuster, Sala Pio XII

Chairperson

Agostino Giovagnoli
Community of Sant�Egidio

Panelists

Mehmet Aydin
Minister of State, Turkey

Massimo Cacciari
Philosopher, Italy

Jordi Pujol
Former President of Catalonia, Spain

Alain Touraine
Founder of �CADIS�, France

Christian Wiyghan Tumi
Cardinal, Archbishop of Douala, Cameroon

Antje Vollmer
Vice-President of the Parliament, Germany

16:30

The Heritage of the Martyrs: Voices for our Time
Hotel Marriott, Sala Manzoni

Chairperson

Ignace Moussa Daoud
Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches

Panelists

Jesus Delgado
General Vicar, diocese of San Salvador

Marco Gnavi
Community of Sant�Egidio

Jonas Jonson
Lutheran Bishop, Sweden

Jens-Martin Kruse
Lutheran Pastor, Germany

Merkurij
Orthodox Bishop, Patriarchy of Moscow

Adrianus Herman Van Luyn
Catholic Bishop, Netherlands

16:30

The Abolition of the Death Penalty: Rendezvous for a New Spiritual Humanism
Universit� Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Aula Vito

Chairperson

Gaetano Dammacco
University of Bari, Italy

Panelists

Sylvie Bukhari de Pontual
�FIACAT�, France

Tamara Chikunova
�Human Rights Organization�, Uzbekistan

Jotaka Eaddy
�National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty�, USA

Paul Lacey
President �American Friends Service Committee�, USA

Stefania Tallei
Community of Sant�Egidio

Misaki Yagishita
Amnesty International Japan

16:30

Globalization and Inequality
Universit� Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Aula Lazzati

Chairperson

Augusto Forti
Vice President of "Ideasolidarit�", France

Panelists

Jack De Gioia
President Georgetown University, USA

Renzo Guolo
University of Padova, Italy

Alberto Melloni
�Istituto Scienze Religiose di Bologna�, Italy

Dominique Peccoud
International Labor Organization, Switzerland

Mohammad Sammak
Political Adviser to the Great Mufti of Lebanon

Vera Negri Zamagni
University of Bologna, Italy

16:30

Japanese Religious Humanism
Hotel Marriott, Sala C

Chairperson

Alberto Quattrucci
Community of Sant�Egidio

Panelists

Keiichi Hashimoto
Rissho Kosei-Kai, Japan

Gensho Hozumi
Zen-Rinzai Buddhism, Japan

Genshu Imamura
Zen-Soto Buddhism, Japan

Fumihiko Matsuyama
Jinja-Honcho Shinto, Japan

Yoshiroo Mihama
Tenrikyo, Japan

Ryoko Nishioka
Tendai Buddhism, Japan

Pietro Sonoda
Catholic Church, Japan

16:30

Which Islam in Europe?
Hotel Marriott, Sala Foscolo

Chairperson

Paolo Branca
Catholic University �Sacro Cuore�, Italy

Panelists

Moneir Mahmoud Aly Al-Messery
Islamic Cultural Center of Madrid, Spain

Ismael Batakli
Islamic Executive Committee of Belgium

Mohamed Nour Dachan
Union of the Islamic Organizations and Communities, Italy

Ravil' Gajnutdin
President of the Council of Mufti, Russia

Abd Al Wahid Pallavicini
Italian Islamic Religious Community

Mario Scialoja
�World Muslim League� in Italy

Abdool Magid A. Karim Vakil
Islamic Community of Lisbon, Portugal

16:30

C�te d�Ivoire: Hope beyond the Crisis
Universit� Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Cripta Aula Magna

Chairperson

Marcel Honorat L�on Agboton
Catholic Bishop, Benin

Panelists

Paul Simeon Ahouanan Djro
Catholic Bishop, C�te d�Ivoire

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

Michel Lobo
United Methodist Church of C�te d�Ivoire

Jules Dogbo
Harrist Church of C�te d�Ivoire

Honore Gui�
President �Civil Society Grouping�, C�te d�Ivoire

El Hadj Koudouss
President �National Islamic Council�, C�te d�Ivoire

Samuel Ouadjo
Adventist Church, C�te d�Ivoire

16:30

Religions facing Social and Environmental Decline
Universit� Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Cinema Gnomo

Chairperson

Andrea Masullo
WWF Italia

Panelists

Swami Amaranandaji
President of the �Ramakrishna Vedanda Centre�, India

Christophe D�Aloisio
President of �Syndesmos�, Belgium

Joseph H. Ehrenkranz
Rabbi, Center for Christian-Jewish Understanding, USA

Nadia Mahmoud Mostafa
Cairo University, Egypt

Antje Heider-Rottwilm
Evangelical Church of Germany

Daniele Bassi
University of Milan, Italy

16:30

To be Christians in a Globalized World: Catholic-Orthodox Dialogue
Casa Ildefonso Schuster, Sala Panighi

Chairperson

Casian
Orthodox Bishop, Patriarchy of Romania

Panelists

Francesco Coccopalmerio
Catholic Bishop, Italy

Adalberto Piovano
Prior of the �Abbazia di Vertemate�, Italy

Teny Pirri-Simonian
World Council of Churches

Seraphim
Orthodox Archbishop, Patriarchy of Alexandria

Sofronie
Orthodox Bishop, Patriarchy of Romania

Marc Stenger
Catholic Bishop, France

18:00

Towards Sustainable Development
Universit� Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Sala Conte Negri da Oleggio

Chairperson

Antonio Calabr�
Director of APCOM, Italy

Panelists

Luigi Campiglio
Deputy Dean of the Catholic University �Sacro Cuore�, Italy

Sebastiano Maffettone
Luiss University, Italy

Janne Haaland-Matlary
University of Oslo, Norway

Corrado Passera
Managing Director and CEO �Banca Intesa�, Italy

September 7, Tuesday

09:30

Israeli-Palestinians: What New Hope for an Old Conflict?
Hotel Marriott, Sala Washington 1

Chairperson

Antonio Ferrari
Journalist, Italy

Panelists

Abed Alloun
Palestinian Authority, Palestine

Abraham Friedman
�Herzliya� Center, Israel

Pierbattista Pizzaballa
Head of the Custody of the Holy Land

Emile Shoufani
Catholic Priest in Nazareth, Israel

Ehud Yaari
Political Commentator of Israeli Television

09:30

Europe and Africa: a Common Destiny
Hotel Marriott, Sala Washington 2

Chairperson

Matteo Zuppi
Community of Sant�Egidio

Panelists

Pierre Marini Bodho
President of the Senate, RDC

Alfredo Luigi Mantica
Under-Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Italy

Sunday C. Mbang
President of the World Methodist Council, Nigeria

Oscar Monteiro
Jurist, Mozambique

Pascal N�Kou�
Catholic Bishop, Benin

Walter Veltroni
Mayor of Rome, Italy

09:30

The Aging Population: Problem or Opportunity?
Universit� Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Aula Magna

Chairperson

G�rard Testard
President of �Fondaci�, France

Panelists

Suor Emmanuelle
Witness, France

Yasumi Hirose
Shintoism, Oomoto Denomination, Japan

Heinrich Mussinghoff
Catholic Bishop, Germany

Carlo Vergani
Geriatrician, Italy

Silvia Marangoni
Community of Sant�Egidio

Oded Wiener
Director General of the Great Rabbinate, Israel

09:30

Disarming Terror: a Role for Believers
Casa Ildefonso Schuster, Sala Pio XII

Chairperson

Daniel Kropf
Chairman of �Education for Life�

Panelists

Ahmad Al-Tayyib
Rector of Al-Azhar University, Egypt

Walter Kasper
Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Christian Unity

David Rosen
Rabbi, American Jewish Committee, Israel

Raj K. Srivastava
�Center for Development of Societies�, India

09:30

Richness and Fragility of the Family: the View of the Religions
Hotel Marriott, Sala Manzoni

Chairperson

Giuseppe Betori
Bishop, Secretary of the Italian Bishops� Conference

Panelists

Gaspare Barbiellini Amidei
Journalist, "Corriere della sera", Italy

Asma Belkada
Journalist, "Al-Jazeera", Qatar

Paola Bignardi
National President "Azione Cattolica Italiana"

Albert Shaevich
Chief Rabbi of Russia

Paul Yazigi
Metropolitan of Aleppo, Patriarchy of Antioch

09:30

Prayer: the Weak Strength of Believers
Universit� Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Aula Vito

Chairperson

Anastasios
Primate of the Albanian Orthodox Church

Panelists

Enzo Bianchi
Prior of Bose, Italy

J�rgen Johannesdotter
Lutheran Bishop, Germany

Giuseppe Laras
Chief Rabbi of Milan, Italy

Serafim
Orthodox Metropolitan, Patriarchy of Romania

Mohammed Amine Smaili
Muslim Theologian, Morocco

09:30

The Role of Mass Media in War and Peace
Universit� Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Aula Lazzati

Chairperson

Mario Marazziti
Community of Sant�Egidio

Panelists

John Allen
�National Catholic Reporter�, USA

Stefano Folli
Editor-in-chief of �Corriere della Sera�, Italy

Aldo Grasso
Catholic University �Sacro Cuore�, Italy

Jean Claude Petit
President of the "Centre National de la Presse Catholique Fran�aise", France

Fritz Pleitgen
President of WDR, Germany

Xavier Vidal-Folch
Deputy Director of �El Pais�, Spain

09:30

Inter-religious Dialogue in a World at War
Hotel Marriott, Sala C

Chairperson

Mar Gregorios Yohanna Ibrahim
Metropolitan of Aleppo, Syrian Orthodox Church

Panelists

Pier Luigi Celata
Archbishop, Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue

Feofan
Orthodox Bishop, Patriarchy of Moscow

Kojun Handa
Tendai Buddhism, Japan

Anthony Theodore Lobo
Catholic Bishop, Pakistan

Amos Luzzatto
President of the Union of Italian Jewish Communities, Italy

Mohammad Abdus Sabur
Secretary General of Asian Muslim Action Network, Thailand

09:30

"Beauty will save the World"
Hotel Marriott, Sala Foscolo

Chairperson

Renata Sciach�
Community of Sant�Egidio

Panelists

Aaron Appelfeld
Writer, Israel

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

Stefano Di Stasio
Painter, Italy

Luka Golovkov
Iconographer, Russia

Moni Ovadia
Writer and producer, Italy

Susanna Tamaro
Writer, Italy

09:30

Social Goals within the Global Economy
Universit� Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Cripta Aula Magna

Chairperson

Paul Poupard
Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Culture

Panelists

Michel Camdessus
Honorary Governor of �Banque de France�

Giuseppe Guzzetti
President of �Fondazione CARIPLO�, Italy

Jean-Francois Leguil-Bayart
"Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches Internationales�, France

Filippo Penati
President of "Provincia di Milano", Italy

Savino Pezzotta
Secretary General of CISL Trade Union, Italy

09:30

Monotheism and Human Equality
Universit� Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Cinema Gnomo

Chairperson

Francesco Lambiasi
Catholic Bishop, General Assistant �Azione Cattolica Italiana�

Panelists

Mohammed Esslimani
Muslim Theologian, Saudi Arabia

Ren� Gutman
Chief Rabbi of Strasbourg, France

Irinej
Orthodox Bishop, Patriarchy of Serbia

Sona Khan
Lawyer of the Indian Supreme Court

Mario Francesco Pompedda
Cardinal, Holy See

Gianfranco Ravasi
Prefect of the "Biblioteca Ambrosiana", Italy

09:30

Religions � the Sources of Conflicts?
Casa Ildefonso Schuster, Sala Panighi

Chairperson

Giorgio Rumi
University of Milan, Italy

Panelists

Guy Harpigny
Catholic Bishop, Belgium

Albert Guigui
Chief Rabbi of Brussels, Belgium

Angelo Maffeis
�Facolt� Teologica dell�Italia Settentrionale�, Italy

Mario Primicerio
President of the �Fondazione Giorgio La Pira�, Italy

Mohammed Ahmed Sherif
World Islamic Call Society, Libya

Mohinder Singh
Sikhism, India

Vsevolod Chaplin
Department for External Church Relations, Patriarchy of Moscow

17:30

Prayer for Peace

 

19:00

Peace Procession

 

19:30

Final Ceremony
Piazza Duomo

 

Conclusive speeches

Testimonies

Proclamation, signature and delivery
of the Appeal for Peace 2004

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