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The International Meeting "PATHS OF PEACE: Religions and cultures in dialogue" will take place from September 10th to 12th 2017 in the German cities of Münster and Osnabrück, where men and women of different religions and cultures will gather for three days of dialogue and prayer.
It is possible to follow the meeting online, on this site and on the social channels of the Community of Sant'Egidio, such as facebook and twitter. The programme, the list of speakers for each panel and the schedule of live streaming of "Paths of Peace 2017" most important moments are already available.
PROGRAMME | WEB TV |
18:30
Greeting
Klaus Reder
University of Würzburg, Community of Sant’Egidio, Germany
Presided by
Felix Genn
Catholic Bishop of Münster, Germany
16:15
Chairperson
Angelika Wagner
Community of Sant’Egidio, Germany
Greetings
Felix Genn
Catholic Bishop of Münster, Germany
Markus Lewe
Mayor of Münster
Message from
Introduction
Andrea Riccardi
Historian, Founder of the Community of Sant'Egidio
Angela Merkel
Chancellor of the German Federal Republic
Mahamadou Issoufou
President of the Republic of Niger
Antonio Tajani
Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Italy
Ahmad Al-Tayyeb
Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, Egypt
INTERVALLO MUSICALE
Contributions
Jeffrey D. Sachs
Colombia University, Special Adviser to the United Nations Secretary General
Witness
Alba Ruiz de Andrés
Community of Sant’Egidio, Spain
Contributions
John X
Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East
Avichai Apel
Rabbi of Frankfurt, Germany
Kosho Niwano
President of Rissho Kosei Kai Buddhism, Japan
09:30
Chairperson
Hilde Kieboom
Community of Sant’Egidio, Belgium
Contributions
Athanasios
Orthodox Metropolitan Bishop, Greece
Pier Ferdinando Casini
President of the Senate Foreign Affairs Commission, Italy
Jean-Dominique Durand
Historian, President of the Judeo-Christian Friendship in France
Agostino Giovagnoli
Historian, Community of Sant’Egidio, Italy
Albert Guigui
Chief Rabbi of Brussels, Belgium
Luca Jahier
President of the European Social and Economy Committee (ESEC), Belgium
Hans-Gert Pottering
President of the Konrad-Adenauer Foundation, Germany
09:30
Chairperson
Matthias Kopp
Spokesman of the German Bishops' Conference
Contributions
Katsuji Iwahashi
Jinja Honcho Shintoism, Japan
Sudheendra Kulkarni
Hinduism, Founder of the Forum for a New South Asia, India
Manfred Rekowski
Evangelical Church, Germany
Jeffrey D. Sachs
Colombia University, Special Adviser to the United Nations Secretary General
Leopoldo Sandona'
Responsible of the Biblical Festival, Italy
Ambrogio Spreafico
Catholic Bishop, Italy
09:30
Chairperson
Theo Paul
General Vicar of Osnabrück
Contributions
Bernhard Felmberg
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany
El Mostafa Higazy
Nasaq Foundation for Strategic Thinking, Egypt
Patrick Pouyanné
President Generai Director, Tota/ Énergies SE, France
David Rosen
Rabbi, Special Advisor to the Abrahamic Family House (AFH) in Abu Dhabi, Israel
Thomas Sternberg
President of the Central Committee of German Catholics
Laurent Ulrich
Archbishop of Paris, France
09:30
Chairperson
Jean-Pierre Denis
Director of La Vie, France
Contributions
Mario Giro
Essayist, Community of Sant'Egidio, ltaly
Aleksandra Kania
Sociologist, Poland
M'hamed Krichen
Principal Presenter, Al Jazeera, Tunisia
Tarek Mitri
Rector, Saint George University of Beirut, Lebanon
Frédéric Van Leeuw
Federal Prosecutor of the Kingdom of Belgium
Slaheddine Jourchi
Journalist and Human Rights activist, Tunisia
09:30
Chairperson
Matteo Zuppi
Cardinal, Archbishop of Bologna, President of the Italian Bishops' Conference
Contributions
Anatolij
Orthodox Metropolitan Bishop, Ukrainian Chuch, Moscow Patriarchate
Daniel Deckers
Journalist of Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Germany
Butros Marayati
Archbishop of Aleppo of the Catholic Armenians
Parfait Onanga-Anyanga
UN Special Representative for the Central African Republic
Rita Prigmore
Sinta woman, survived at Porrajmos
Doyu Toda
President of the Tendai Buddhist Denomination, Japan
Tep Vong
Supreme Patriarch of the Cambodian Buddhism
09:30
Chairperson
Marco Gnavi
Community of Sant’Egidio, Italy
Contributions
Andrej
Orthodox Bishop, Patriarchate of Serbia
Filipos
Orthodox Archbishop, Tewahedo Ethiopian Church
Karl Hinrich Manzke
Lutheran Bishop, Germany
Seyed Abolhassan Navab
President of the University of Religions, Iran
Avraham Itzhak Radbil
Rabbi, Germany
Thomas Schirrmacher
World Evangelical Alliance
09:30
Chairperson
Gotthard Kleine
Director of Kindermissionswerk, Germany
Contributions
Leyla Ferman
Yazidi Community, Turkey
Avraham Giesser
Rabbi, President of Mishpetei Eretz Institute, Israel
Adriana Gulotta
Coordinator of Schools of Peace, Community of Sant'Egidio, ltaly
Pshtiwan Sadiq Abdullah Khoshnaw
Minister of Education of the Kurdistan Regional Government
Gregorio Rosa Chavez
Cardinal, Auxiliary Bishop of San Salvador, El Salvador
Syuhud Sahudi Marsudi
Deputy Chief of lndonesian Ulema Council (MUI)
09:30
Chairperson
Nikola Eterovic
Catholic Achbishop, Apostolic Nuncio in Germany
Contributions
Ian Campbell
University of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Jean-François Colosimo
Director of Editions du Cerf, France
Epiphanios
Orthodox Bishop, Coptic Church, Egypt
Gennadij
Orthodox Bishop, Moscow Patriarchate
Hovakim Manukyan
Armenian Orthodox Bishop, Primate of the United Kingdom
Karl-Adolf Schneider
Witness, Germany
Ernest Simoni
Cardinal, Witness, Albania
10:00
YOUTH FORUM: Friendship Out of Ruins
Religions on the Paths of Peace
Contributions
Mustafa Ceric
President of the World Bosniak Congress, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Alba Ruiz de Andrés
Community of Sant’Egidio, Spain
Harutiun Selimian
President of the Evangelical Community in Syria
16:30
Contributions
Jean-Claude Petit
Journalist and Writer, France
Shamim Mohammad Afzal
General Director of the Islamic Foundation of Bangladesh
Eugenio Bernardini
Former Moderator of the Waldensian Table, Italy
Regina Egle Liotta Catrambone
Co-founder and Director of MOAS, Italy
Ursula Kalb
Community of Sant’Egidio, Germany
José Alejandro Solalinde Guerra
Director of Hermanos en camino, Mexico
Oded Wiener
Chief Rabbinate of Israel
16:30
Chairperson
Markus Dröge
Evangelical Bishop, Germany
Contributions
Muhammad Abdul Khabir Azad
Grand Imam of Lahore Mosque, Pakistan
Shmuel Aharon Brodman
Rabbi, Germany
Sohan Lal Gandhi
Jainism, Anuvrat International, India
Nedim Gürsel
Writer, Turkey
Shoten Minegishi
Bouddhisme Soto Zen, Japon
Mohammad Sammak
Political Advisor to the Grand Mufti of Lebanon
Serafim
Orthodox Metropolitan, Patriarchate of Romania
16:30
Chairperson
Felix Genn
Catholic Bishop of Münster, Germany
Contributions
Stephen Conway
Anglican Bishop, United Kingdom
Mohamad Hassan El-Amine
Islamic theologian, Lebanon
Joachim Hake
Director of the Catholic Academy of Berlin, Germany
Ioan
Orthodox Metropolitan, Patriarchate of Romania
Manfred Lütz
Primary Physician of the Alexianer Hospital in Cologne, Germany
Masaharu Matsuda
Tenrikyo Representative, Japan
Vincenzo Paglia
Catholic Archbishop, President of the Pontifical Academy for Life, Holy See
16:30
Chairperson
Antonio Ferrari
Journalist and writer, Italy
Contributions
Mohammed Esslimani
Theologian, Saudi Arabia
Mauro Garofalo
Community of Sant'Egidio
Abdulrahman Sedeeq Kareem
Islamic theologian, Kurdistan region, Iraq
Jean Pierre Kwambamba Masi
Catholic Bishop, Democratic Republic of Congo
Al-Hajj Murad Ebrahim
Chairperson of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), Mindanao, Philippines
Dieudonné Nzapalainga
Cardinal, President of the Central African Bishops' Conference
Sharon Rosen
Global Director of Religious Engagement Search for Common Ground, Israel
16:30
Chairperson
Jean-Pierre Denis
Director of La Vie, France
Contributions
Emmanuel Dupuy
President of the “Institut Prospective et Sécurité en Europe”, France
Enzo Fortunato
World Children's Day Coordinator, HolySee
Martin Heimbucher
Evangelical-Reformed Church, Germany
Martin Leiner
Director of Jena Center for Reconciliation Studies, Germany
Katherine Marshall
Vice-President, G20 Interfaith Association, USA
Cornelio Sommaruga
Former President of the International Red Cross Committee, Switzerland
Megumi Wada
WCRP Japan
16:30
Chairperson
Johan Jozef Bonny
Catholic Bishop, Belgium
Contributions
Biyanto
University of Muhammadiyah, Indonesia
Pshtiwan Sadiq Abdullah Khoshnaw
Minister of Education of the Kurdistan Regional Government
Faisal Bin Muaammar
Secretary General of KAICIID, Saudi Arabia
Polycarpus
Orthodox Archbishop, Syrian Church
Guirguis Ibrahim Saleh
Orthodox Coptic Intellectual, Egypt
Michel Santier
Catholic Bishop, France
16:30
Chairperson
Vittorio Ianari
Community of Sant’Egidio, Italy
Contributions
Qays al-Mubarak
King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia
Ahmed Saud Said al-Siyabi
General Secretary, Directorate of the Grand Mufti of Oman
Philippe Barbarin
Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon, France
Mustafa Ceric
President of the World Bosniak Congress, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Joan
Orthodox Metropolitan, Albania
Klaus Krämer
President of Missio Aachen, Germany
Orlando Beltran Quevedo
Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Cotabato, The Philippines
16:30
Chairperson
Heinrich Mussinghoff
Catholic Bishop, Germany
Contributions
John X
Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East
Iosif
Orthodox Metropolitan Bishop, Romanian Patriarchate
Paulo Lockmann
World Methodist Council
Jean Paul Messina
Catholic University of Central Africa, Cameroon
Jean-Pierre Ricard
Cardinal, Archbishop of Bordeaux, France
Gregorio Rosa Chavez
Cardinal, Auxiliary Bishop of San Salvador, El Salvador
Anders Wejryd
Co-President of the World Council of Churches
09:00
Chairperson
Crescenzio Sepe
Cardinal, Archbishop of Naples, Italy
Contributions
François Clavairoly
President of the Protestant Federation of France
Ulrich Möller
Evangelical Church, Germany
Mario Morcone
Prefect, Councilor for Legality, Security, Immigration of the Campania Region, Italy
Daniela Pompei
Community of Sant’Egidio, Italy
Maria Paz López
President of the “International Association of Religion Journalists”, Spain
09:00
Chairperson
Alberto Quattrucci
Community of Sant'Egidio, Italy
Contributions
Homi Dhalla
Zoroastrianism, India
Jaron Engelmayer
Chief Rabbi of Vienna, Austria
Ole Christian Maelen Kvarme
Lutheran Bishop, Norway
Felix Anthony Machado
Catholic Archbishop, India
Muhammad Khalid Masud
Member of the Supreme Court, Pakistan
Lluis Maria Martinez Sistach
Cardinal, Spain
Didi Talwalkar
Leader of the Swadhyaya Movement, India
09:00
Chairperson
Khadija Benguenna
Journalist of Al Jazeera, Algeria
Contributions
Jawad Al-Khoei
Secretary General of Al-Khoei Institute, Iraq
Abdulwahhab Ahmed Al-Taha Al-Sammaraee
Spokesman of Fiqh Council of Senior Scholars, Iraq
Nikodemos
Orthodox Metropolitan Bishop, Syrian Church
Breen Tahsin
Yazidi Community, Iraq
09:00
Chairperson
Mario Giro
Essayist, Community of Sant'Egidio, ltaly
Contributions
Ahmed Abbadi
Muhammadiyyah Association for Scholars, Morocco
Paola Germano
Community of Sant’Egidio, Italy
Hermann Gröhe
Minister of Health, Germany
Venance Konan
Writer, Director of "Fraternité Matin", Côte-d'Ivoire
Jean Mbarga
Catholic Archbishop, Cameroun
Philippe Ouedraogo
Cardinal, Archbishop of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
09:00
Chairperson
Tarek Mitri
Rector, Saint George University of Beirut, Lebanon
Contributions
Majed Hamzaoui
Free University of Belgium, Tunisia
Slaheddine Jourchi
Journalist and Human Rights activist, Tunisia
M'hamed Krichen
Principal Presenter, Al Jazeera, Tunisia
09:00
Chairperson
Mario Marazziti
Journalist and Writer, Community of Sant’Egidio, Italy
Contributions
Ulrich Heide
German AIDS Foundation, Germany
Jean Paul Messina
Catholic University of Central Africa, Cameroon
Leonardo Palombi
Community of Sant'Egidio, Italy
Jacques Pellet
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
Stefan Zekorn
Catholic Bishop, Germany
09:00
Chairperson
Indunil J. Kodithuwakku
Secretary, Dicastery for lnterreligious Dialogue, Holy See
Contributions
Maria De Giorgi
Shinmeizan Centre for Interreligious Dialogue, Japan
Itsuki Hiraoka
Oomoto, Japan
Gensho Hozumi
Rinzai Zen Buddhism, Japan
Moriyasu Ito
Shintoism Meiji Jingu, Japan
Tejkaran Jain
Jainism, India
Ryoko Nishioka
Advisor to the Patriarch of Tendai Buddhism, Japan
Mohinder Singh
Punjab Studies Sikh University, India
Din Syamsuddin
President, Center tor Dialogue and Cooperation among Civilizations, Indonesia
09:00
Chairperson
Christoph Hegge
Catholic Bishop, Germany
Contributions
Frère Alois
Prior of the Community of Taizé, France
Chris Ferguson
World Communion of Reformed Churches, Canada
Walter Kasper
Cardinal, Holy See
Jürgen Johannesdotter
Lutheran Bishop, Germany
Armand Puig I Tàrrech
Theologian, Spain
Gerhard Ulrich
Bishop, Lutheran World Federation (LWF), Germany
Munib Younan
World Lutheran Federation
10:00
YOUTH FORUM: Peace on the Way
Paths of Peace Instead of Violence
Contributions
José Alejandro Solalinde Guerra
Director of Hermanos en camino, Mexico
Angelika Wagner
Community of Sant’Egidio, Germany
17:00
Meditation
Markus Dröge
Evangelical Bishop, Germany
Walter Kasper
Cardinal, Holy See
Serafim
Orthodox Metropolitan, Patriarchate of Romania
19:00
Closing Ceremony
Concluding Addresses and Testimonies
Contributions
Franz-Josef Bode
Bishop of Osnabrück
Andrea Riccardi
Historian, Founder of the Community of Sant'Egidio
Butros Marayati
Archbishop of Aleppo of the Catholic Armenians
19:45