PROGRAMME
10:30
Chairperson
Agostino Vallini
Cardinal, Vicar General of His Holiness for the Diocese of Rome
17:00
Chairperson
Maite Carpio Bulgari
Journalist and Film Director, Italy
Inaugural greetings
Keynote address
Andrea Riccardi
Historian, Founder of the Community of Sant'Egidio
Jeffrey D. Sachs
Colombia University, Special Adviser to the United Nations Secretary General
Enrico Letta
President of the Council of Ministers
Contribution
Agostino Vallini
Cardinal, Vicar General of His Holiness for the Diocese of Rome
INTERVALLO MUSICALE
Chairperson
Maite Carpio Bulgari
Journalist and Film Director, Italy
Contribution
Shawki Ibrahim Abdel-Karim Allam
Grand Mufti of the Arab Republic of Egypt
Jean X Yazigi
Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East
David Rosen
Rabbi, Special Advisor to the Abrahamic Family House (AFH) in Abu Dhabi, Israel
Didi Talwalkar
Leader of the Swadhyaya Movement, India
09:00
Panel 1
The Value of Life and Vulnerability
Chairperson
Pierre-André Dumas
Catholic Bishop, Haiti
Contributions
Ioan
Orthodox Metropolitan, Patriarchate of Romania
Peter Maurer
President of the International Red Cross Committee, Switzerland
Leonardo Palombi
Community of Sant'Egidio, Italy
Susanna Tamaro
Writer, Italy
Oded Wiener
Chief Rabbinate of Israel
09:00
Panel 2
Hope Today
Chairperson
Mary Tanner
Co-President of the World Council of Churches, United Kingdom
Contributions
Johan Jozef Bonny
Catholic Bishop, Belgium
Cyrille Salim Bustros
Greek Catholic Archbishop, Lebanon
Gabriel
Orhodox Metropolitan Bishop, Church of Greece
Marco Tasca
Minister of the Minor Conventual Friars, Italy
Anders Wejryd
Co-President of the World Council of Churches
09:00
Panel 3
The Power of Prayer throughout History
Chairperson
Ignazio Sanna
Catholic Archbishop, Italy
Contributions
Avichai Apel
Rabbi of Frankfurt, Germany
Dionysius Jean Kawak
Orthodox Archbishop, Syrian Church
Ole Christian Maelen Kvarme
Lutheran Bishop, Norway
Brian C. Stiller
Global Ambassador of the World Evangelical Alliance
Faisal Bin Muaammar
Secretary General of KAICIID, Saudi Arabia
09:00
Panel 4
Religions Respond to Violence against Women
Chairperson
Katherine Marshall
Vice-President, G20 Interfaith Association, USA
Contributions
Tamara Chikunova
Human Rights Activist, Uzbekistan
Siti Musdah Mulia
Representative of the “Indonesian Conference on Religion and Peace”
David Rosen
Rabbi, Special Advisor to the Abrahamic Family House (AFH) in Abu Dhabi, Israel
Michel Santier
Catholic Bishop, France
Didi Talwalkar
Leader of the Swadhyaya Movement, India
09:00
Panel 5
Hope and Peace, Religions in Japan
Chairperson
Muneto Nikai
Journalist, Japan
Contributions
Yoshitaka Hatakeyama
Asian Conference on Religion and Peace
Gensho Hozumi
Rinzai Zen Buddhism, Japan
Kansho Kayaki
Tendai Buddhism, Japan
Dominic Ryoji Miyahara
Catholic Bishop, Japan
Togen Moss
Soto Zen Buddhism, Japan
Yoshihiko Shirokihara
Tenrikyo, Japan
Yautaka Watanabe
Rissho Kosei Kai, Japan
09:00
Panel 6
Generosity and Market Economy
Chairperson
Mario Marazziti
Journalist and Writer, Community of Sant’Egidio, Italy
Contributions
Paolo Borzatta
The European House - Ambrosetti, Italy
Michel Camdessus
Honorary Governor of the Bank of France
Christophe de Margerie
President and Director General of TOTAL, France
Jaron Engelmayer
Chief Rabbi of Vienna, Austria
Eero Huovinen
Lutheran Bishop, Finland
09:00
Panel 7
Fifty Years after Pacem in Terris
Chairperson
Jean-Dominique Durand
Historian, President of the Judeo-Christian Friendship in France
Contributions
Athanasios
Orthodox Metropolitan Bishop, Greece
Jean-Arnold de Clermont
Pastor of the Reformed Church, France
Marco Roncalli
President of “Pope John XXIII” Foundation, Italy
Mario Toso
Bishop, Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, Holy See
09:00
Panel 8
Christians and Muslims: the Culture of Living Together
Chairperson
Vittorio Ianari
Community of Sant’Egidio, Italy
Contributions
Abdul Majeed Al-Najjar
Member of the Constituent Assembly, Tunisia
Ghaleb Bader
Catholic Archbishop, Algeria
Mustafa Ceric
President of the World Bosniak Congress, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Anwar Ibrahim
Member of Parliament, Malaysia
Syuhud Sahudi Marsudi
Deputy Chief of lndonesian Ulema Council (MUI)
Paul Youssef Matar
Maronite Catholic Archbishop, Lebanon
16:30
Panel 9
Latin America and Pope Francis
Chairperson
Crescenzio Sepe
Cardinal, Archbishop of Naples, Italy
Contributions
Valentina Alazraki
Vatican Accredited Journalist, Mexico
Guzmán Carriquiry
Secretary of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America, Holy See
Jesus Delgado
General Vicar of San Salvador, El Salvador
Marco Gallo
Catholic University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Abraham Skorka
Rabbi, Argentina
Gianni Valente
Journalist, “Fides” Agency, Holy See
Matteo Zuppi
Cardinal, Archbishop of Bologna, President of the Italian Bishops' Conference
16:30
Panel 10
Migrations: Welcoming and Integrating
Chairperson
Joan Enric Vives i Sicìlia
Catholic Archbishop and Co-Prince of Andorra, Spain
Contributions
Antonio Maria Vegliò
Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Migrants, Holy See
Jean-Pierre Denis
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
Heinrich Kreft
Ministry of Foregin Affairs, Germany
16:30
Panel 11
Describing the World: Information and Peace
Chairperson
Angelo Scelzo
Vice Director of the Holy See Press Office
Contributions
Daniel Deckers
Journalist of Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Germany
M'hamed Krichen
Principal Presenter, Al Jazeera, Tunisia
Enric Juliana
Vice Director of “La Vanguardia”, Spain
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
16:30
Panel 12
God Loves the Poor
Chairperson
Ambrogio Spreafico
Catholic Bishop, Italy
Contributions
Mohammed Achaibi
Vice-President of the Executive of Muslims in Belgium
Eugenio Bernardini
Former Moderator of the Waldensian Table, Italy
Abuna Markos
Orthodox Archbishop, Ethiopian Tewahedo Church
Heinrich Mussinghoff
Catholic Bishop, Germany
Israel Singer
Rabbi, USA
Swami Agnivesh
Hindu, India
16:30
Panel 13
Strenght in Years: Old Age as a Blessing
Chairperson
Paul Poupard
Cardinal, Holy See
Contributions
Riccardo Di Segni
Chief Rabbi of Rome, Italy
Sayed Hani Fahs
Supreme Shiite Islamic Council, Lebanon
Filaret
Vescovo ortodosso, Chiesa Ucraina, Patriarcato di Mosca
Joachim Gnilka
Catholic theologian, Germany
Shoten Minegishi
Bouddhisme Soto Zen, Japon
Daniela Sironi
Community of Sant'Egidio, Italy
16:30
Panel 14
Christians and Muslims in Dialogue
Chairperson
Jan De Volder
Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium
Contributions
John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan
Cardinal, Archbishop of Abuja, Nigeria
Sayyed Salih al-Hakeem
Docente di diritto islamico, Iraq
Mahmoud Azab
Al-Azhar University, Egypt
Guy Harpigny
Catholic Bishop, Belgium
Husejin Smajić
Mufti of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Marc Stenger
Catholic Bishop, France
16:30
Panel 15
Poverty and the Environment: Eco-Sustainability for the Future
Chairperson
Notker Wolf O.S.B.
Primate Abbot of the Benedictine Confederation
Contributions
Renato Raffaele Martino
Cardinal, Holy See
Augusto Forti
Vice-President of „Ideasolidarité”, Italy
Shmuel Goldin
President of the Rabbinical Council of America
Bruno Joubert
Ambassador of France to the Holy See
Jeffrey D. Sachs
Colombia University, Special Adviser to the United Nations Secretary General
16:30
Panel 16
The Imperative Need of Family
Chairperson
Marco Tarquinio
Director of “Avvenire”, Italy
Contributions
Giampiero Dalla Zuanna
Senator, Italy
Abdelfattah Mourou
First Vice-President of the Parliament, Tunisia
Riccardo Pacifici
President of the Jewish Community of Rome
Vincenzo Paglia
Catholic Archbishop, President of the Pontifical Academy for Life, Holy See
Raj Kumar Srivastava
Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, India
Antonio Tajani
Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Italy
Laurent Ulrich
Archbishop of Paris, France
16:30
Panel 17
Towards a Global Governance?
Chairperson
Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson
Cardinal, President of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, Holy See
Contributions
Aleksandr Avdeev
Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the Holy See
Lucio Caracciolo
Director of "Limes", Italy
Mario Giro
Essayist, Community of Sant'Egidio, ltaly
Tarek Mitri
Rector, Saint George University of Beirut, Lebanon
Marcelo Sanchez Sorondo
Bishop, Pontifical Academy of Sciences, Holy See
Jerry White
Department of State, USA
Jan Wouters
University of Louvain, Belgium
16:30
Panel 18
Christian Fraternity and World Unity
Chairperson
Marco Gnavi
Community of Sant’Egidio, Italy
Contributions
Kurt Koch
Cardinal, President of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity, Holy See
Richard Clarke
Anglican Archbishop, Primate of Ireland
Irinej
Orthodox Bishop, Serbian Patriarchate
Paulo Lockmann
World Methodist Council
Pavel
Orthodox Metropolitan Bishop, Moscow Patriarchate
Theodoros II
Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa
Gerhard Ulrich
Bishop, Lutheran World Federation (LWF), Germany
18:30
Panel 19
Being Christians in the 21st Century
Chairperson
Corrado Petrachi
Community of Sant’Egidio, Italy
Contributions
Florentin
Greek Catholic Bishop, Romania
Stanislav Hocevar
Catholic Archbishop, Republic of Serbia
Iosif
Orthodox Metropolitan Bishop, Romanian Patriarchate
Mobeen Shahid
Pontifical Lateran University, Pakistan
19:00
Panel 20
The Dialogue between Religions: a Road to Peace
Chairperson
Lluis Maria Martinez Sistach
Cardinal, Spain
Contributions
Jean-Pierre Delville
Catholic Bishop, Belgium
Yahya Sergio Yahe Pallavicini
Vice President of Islamic Religious Community (COREIS), Italy
Tep Vong
Supreme Patriarch of the Cambodian Buddhism
18:30
Panel 21
The spirit of Assisi
Chairperson
Luigi Marrucci
Catholic Bishop, Italy
Contributions
Alison L. Boden
Dean, University of Princeton, USA
Homi Dhalla
Zoroastrianism, India
Mohammed Esslimani
Theologian, Saudi Arabia
Gwenolé Jeusset
Franciscan friar, Turkey
Slaheddine Jourchi
Journalist and Human Rights activist, Tunisia
Aaron Malinsky
Rabbi of Antwerp, Belgium
Angelo Romano
Rector, Basilica di San Bartolomeo all'Isola Rome, Sanctuary of the New Martyrs
18:30
Panel 22
Spiritual Resistance
conduce l'incontro con
Andrea Chiappori
Community of Sant'Egidio, Italy
Alexander Ogorodnikov
Witness of the Gulag Deportations, Russian Federation
09:30
Panel 23
Martyrdom: a Reality for Christians Today
Chairperson
Jaume Castro
Community of Sant’Egidio, Spain
Contributions
Virgil Bercea
Greek Catholic Bishop, Romania
Kissag Mouradian
Orthodox Archbishop, Armenian Church
Joan Pelushi
Orthodox Metropolitan Bishop, Church of Albania
Klaus Reder
University of Würzburg, Community of Sant’Egidio, Germany
Louis Raphaël I Sako
Cardinal, Patriarch of Babylon of Chaldeans, Iraq
Mobeen Shahid
Pontifical Lateran University, Pakistan
09:30
Panel 24
The Suffering of Peoples and Paths to Peace
Chairperson
Hilde Kieboom
Community of Sant’Egidio, Belgium
Contributions
Vinko Puljic
Cardinal, Archbishop of Vrhbosna-Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Antoine Guggenheim
Director of the “Collèges des Bernardins”, France
Armash Nalbandian
Armenian Primate of Damascus, Syria
Rita Prigmore
Sinta woman, survived at Porrajmos
David Rosen
Rabbi, Special Advisor to the Abrahamic Family House (AFH) in Abu Dhabi, Israel
U Uttara
Buddhist Monk, Burma
09:30
Panel 25
The Malaise of Cities and Existential Peripheries
Contributions
Crescenzio Sepe
Cardinal, Archbishop of Naples, Italy
Patrick Balemba
Community of Sant’Egidio, DRC
Virman Cusenza
Director of “Il Messaggero”, Italy
Ivo Komšić
Mayor of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Stefan
Orthodox Bishop, Moscow Patriarchate
Xavier Trias
Mayor of Barcelona, Spain
09:30
Panel 26
God is Mercy
Chairperson
Barthélémy Adoukonou
Bishop, Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Culture, Holy See
Contributions
Walter Kasper
Cardinal, Holy See
Muhammad Abdul Khabir Azad
Grand Imam of Lahore Mosque, Pakistan
Thero Gnanarama
Rector of the Buddhist and Pali College of Singapore
Jürgen Johannesdotter
Lutheran Bishop, Germany
Vasileios
Orthodox Metropolitan Bishop, Church of Cyprus
Jaron Engelmayer
Chief Rabbi of Vienna, Austria
09:30
Panel 27
Religions in Globalised Asia
Chairperson
Agostino Giovagnoli
Historian, Community of Sant’Egidio, Italy
Contributions
Joseph Coutts
Cardinal, Archbishop of Karachi, Pakistan
Gulab Kothari
Writer, Director of the Rajasthan Patrika, India
Felix Anthony Machado
Catholic Archbishop, India
Shoten Minegishi
Bouddhisme Soto Zen, Japon
Pierre Morel
Director of “Pharos Observatory. Cultural & religious pluralism”, France
Masahiro Sato
Director of Intercultural Research Institute of Meiji Jingu, Japan
Din Syamsuddin
President, Center tor Dialogue and Cooperation among Civilizations, Indonesia
09:30
Panel 28
Terror in the name of Religion Challenges Believers
Chairperson
Jean-Louis Tauran
Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, Holy See
Contributions
Sudheendra Kulkarni
Hinduism, Founder of the Forum for a New South Asia, India
Muhammad Khalid Masud
Member of the Supreme Court, Pakistan
Larry Miller
Secretary of the Global Christian Forum, USA
Armand Puig I Tàrrech
Theologian, Spain
Joseph Levi
Rabbi of Florence, Italy
Tarek Mitri
Rector, Saint George University of Beirut, Lebanon
09:30
Panel 29
Crisis in the Middle East
Chairperson
Leonardo Sandri
Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Oriental Churches, Holy See
Contributions
Khadija Benguenna
Journalist of Al Jazeera, Algeria
Antonio Ferrari
Journalist and writer, Italy
Ahmed Maher
Movement “April 6th” of Tahrir Square, Egypt
Haytham Manna
President of the National Coordination Body, Siria
Mario Mauro
Minister of Defence, Italy
Domenico Quirico
Journalist and writer, Italy
Mohammad Sammak
Political Advisor to the Grand Mufti of Lebanon
Roberto Toscano
Ambassador, Italy
09:30
Panel 30
Is Violence Inevitable?
Chairperson
Cornelio Sommaruga
Former President of the International Red Cross Committee, Switzerland
Contributions
Anna Bravo
Historian, Italy
Jakob Finci
President of the Jewish Community in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Claire Ly
Witness and writer, Cambodia
Martin Salm
President of “Remembrance, Responsibility and Future” Foundation, Germany
Richard Sezibera
Secretary General of the “East African Community”, Rwanda
Matteo Zuppi
Cardinal, Archbishop of Bologna, President of the Italian Bishops' Conference
09:30
Panel 31
Secular and Religious Convictions: a Conversation on Hope
Chairperson
Aldo Cazzullo
Journalist and Writer, Italy
Contributions
Giuliano Amato
Judge of the Constitutional Court, Italy
Bruno Forte
Catholic Archbishop, Italy
Vincenzo Paglia
Catholic Archbishop, President of the Pontifical Academy for Life, Holy See
Eugenio Scalfari
Founder of "La Repubblica", Italy
09:30
Panel 32
The Courage to Hope
Chairperson
Francesca Zuccari
Community of Sant’Egidio, Italy
Contributions
Sandro Di Castro
President of “Bené Berith”, Italy
Izzedin Elzir
Union of the Italian Islamic Communities
Leon Lemmens
Catholic Bishop, Belgium
Siluan
Vescovo ortodosso, Patriarcato di Romania
09:00
Youth Forum
Witness to Peace: David Brodman, Holocaust Survivor
Chairperson
Stefano Orlando
Community of Sant’Egidio, Italy
conduce l'incontro con
David Brodman
Rabbi, Israel
17:00
Prayer for Peace
In different locations, according to the various religions, around Piazza del Campidoglio
17:00
Meditation
Theodoros II
Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa
Gerhard Ulrich
Bishop, Lutheran World Federation (LWF), Germany
Joseph Coutts
Cardinal, Archbishop of Karachi, Pakistan
18:30
Peace Procession
from the prayer locations, in procession towards the stage
19:00
Final Ceremony
Conclusive addresses - Testimonies - Proclamation, delivery and signature of the Peace Appeal 2013
Contribution
Ignazio Marino
Mayor of Rome
Domenico Quirico
Journalist and writer, Italy
Alganesh Fessaha
President of “Gandhi Association”, Eritrea
Andrea Riccardi
Historian, Founder of the Community of Sant'Egidio
19:30
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