The videos of the event
September 17 2014 | duration: 07:30
Reportage: la rencontre pour la paix à Anvers 2014
September 17 2014 | duration: 01:41
Priére inter-religieuse pour la paix en Côte d’Ivoire. Peace is the Future 2014
September 15 2014 | duration: 1:14:21
Cerimonia Finale - Peace is the Future 2014 - (IT)
September 13 2014 | duration: 1:28:41
Final Ceremony - Peace is the Future 2014 (EN)
September 11 2014 | duration: 02:13
Come costruire la pace? Intervista a Marco Impagliazzo - #peaceisthefuture 2014
September 11 2014 | duration: 14:43
Press conference with Andrea Riccardi #peaceisthefuture 2014
September 11 2014 | duration: 00
Youth for Peace in Ypres to remember World War I
September 11 2014 | duration: 00
Assemblea di Apertura - Peace is the Future 2014 - PLAYLIST (IT-EN)
September 9 2014 | duration: 00
PANEL 23: Youth and Elderly - Peace is the Future 2014 - PLAYLIST (IT-EN)
September 9 2014 | duration: 00
PANEL 21: Iraq: What Future? - PLAYLIST (IT-EN)
September 9 2014 | duration: 29:09
Panel 1: Religions and Violence - Peace is the Future 2014 - PLAYLIST (IT-EN)
September 8 2014 | duration: 00
PANEL 14: Art between conflicts and peace - Peace is the Future 2014 - PLAYLIST (IT-EN)
September 8 2014 | duration: 07:26
PANEL 15 - Nigeria: Exiting from the Tunnel of Violence - PLAYLIST (IT-EN)
September 8 2014 | duration: 04:17
PANEL 6: Seeking Peace - Peace is the Future 2014 - PLAYLIST (IT-EN)
September 6 2014 | duration: 54
Antwerpen, city of peace
September 6 2014 | duration: 01:51
100 years from WWI: peace begins from Antwerpen
 Antwerpen - 7th-9th September 2014
Peace is the future: Religions and Cultures in Dialogue The 28th edition of the International Meeting People and Religions will take place in Belgium, in Antwerpen, from 7th to 9th September. After the great Opening Assembly, the participants in the meeting – representatives from religions and the civil society from all over the world, as well as representatives of the newly elected European institutions, will discuss current issues such as the relationship between Religions and Violence, Martyrs in Our Times, Muslims and Christians: together for peace. Other topics are also Economy in the service of peace, Sustainable Development and the Fight against Poverty. They will also focus on some especially critical areas, Nigeria: Exiting from the Tunnel of Violence; Iraq: What Future ahead? The complete three-day programme, with the interactive map of the venues, is already available. The meeting will be streamed in several languages on Youtube. #peaceisthefuture |
10:00
Chairperson
Johan Jozef Bonny
Catholic Bishop, Belgium
Homily
Ignatius Aphrem II
Syrian Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East
17:00
Chairperson
Hilde Kieboom
Community of Sant’Egidio, Belgium
Welcome greetings
Kris Peeters
Co-Formateur of the Federal Government of Belgium
Bart De Wever
Mayor of Antwerp
Johan Jozef Bonny
Catholic Bishop, Belgium
Keynote address
Andrea Riccardi
Historian, Founder of the Community of Sant'Egidio
Zygmunt Bauman
Sociologist and philosopher, Poland
Herman Van Rompuy
President of the European Council
INTERVALLO MUSICALE
Witnesses
Vian Dakheel
Yazidi Community, member of the Parliament, Iraq
Peace is a Workshop open to All: the Contribution of Religions
Ignatius Aphrem II
Syrian Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East
Abraham Skorka
Rabbi, Argentina
Shawki Ibrahim Abdel-Karim Allam
Grand Mufti of the Arab Republic of Egypt
Gijun Sugitani
Chief Priest of the Myoho-in Temple, Tendai Buddhism, Japan
09:30
Chairperson
Marc Stenger
Catholic Bishop, France
Contributions
Muhammad Abdul Khabir Azad
Grand Imam of Lahore Mosque, Pakistan
Paul Bhatti
President of the Alliance of All Minorities in Pakistan
Samir Franjieh
Politician and Intellectual, Lebanon
Abdul Majeed Al-Najjar
Member of the Constituent Assembly, Tunisia
Domenico Quirico
Journalist and writer, Italy
Jerry White
Department of State, USA
09:30
Chairperson
David Rosen
Rabbi, Special Advisor to the Abrahamic Family House (AFH) in Abu Dhabi, Israel
Contributions
Gerard Bodifee
Philosopher and Scientist, Belgium
Christophe de Margerie
President and Director General of TOTAL, France
Augusto Forti
Vice-President of „Ideasolidarité”, Italy
Mauro Gambetti
Custodian of the Sacred Convent of Assisi, Italy
Jeffrey D. Sachs
Colombia University, Special Adviser to the United Nations Secretary General
09:30
Chairperson
Jean-Pierre Delville
Catholic Bishop, Belgium
Contributions
Eddy Caekelberghs
Journalist of RTBF, Belgium
Jean-Arnold de Clermont
Pastor of the Reformed Church, France
Nedim Gürsel
Writer, Turkey
Mohammad Sammak
Political Advisor to the Grand Mufti of Lebanon
Roberto Toscano
Ambassador, Italy
Luc Van Der Kelen
Journalist of the “Het Laatste Nieuws”, Belgium
09:30
Chairperson
Michel Camdessus
Honorary Governor of the Bank of France
Contributions
Martin Junge
Secretary General of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF)
Sudheendra Kulkarni
Hinduism, Founder of the Forum for a New South Asia, India
Thomas Leysen
Chairman of KBC and Umicore, Belgium
Katherine Marshall
Vice-President, G20 Interfaith Association, USA
Antonio Tajani
Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Italy
09:30
Chairperson
Ambrogio Spreafico
Catholic Bishop, Italy
Contributions
Epiphanios
Orthodox Bishop, Coptic Church, Egypt
Antoine Guggenheim
Director of the “Collèges des Bernardins”, France
Albert Guigui
Chief Rabbi of Brussels, Belgium
Jürgen Johannesdotter
Lutheran Bishop, Germany
Koichi Kawamoto
Director of the Academic Research Institute of Rissho Kosei Kai, Japan
Serafim
Orthodox Metropolitan, Patriarchate of Romania
09:30
Chairperson
Matteo Zuppi
Cardinal, Archbishop of Bologna, President of the Italian Bishops' Conference
Contributions
Sayyed Mohammad Ali Abtahi
President, Institute for Interreligious Dialogue, Iran
Abdullah Demirbaş
The People’s Democratic Party, Turkey
Sarra Fadika
Vicepresidente dell’Assemblea Nazionale, Costa d’Avorio
Lea Koyassoum Doumta
Vice-President of the Parliament, Central African Republic
Slaheddine Jourchi
Journalist and Human Rights activist, Tunisia
Al-Hajj Murad Ebrahim
Chairperson of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), Mindanao, Philippines
09:30
Chairperson
Agostino Giovagnoli
Historian, Community of Sant’Egidio, Italy
Contributions
Said Aqil Siroj
President of the Board of “Nahdlatul Ulama”, Indonesia
Haruhiko Hioki
Scintoism Jinja Honcho, Japan
Gensho Hozumi
Rinzai Zen Buddhism, Japan
Vidya Jain
Director of the Centre for Gandhian Studies, University of Rajasthan, India
Jakushun Kinoshita
President of the Tendai Buddhist Denomination, Japan
Noriaki Nagao
Representative of Tenrikyo Headquarters, Japan
Masahiro Sato
Director of Intercultural Research Institute of Meiji Jingu, Japan
Syuhud Sahudi Marsudi
Deputy Chief of lndonesian Ulema Council (MUI)
09:30
Chairperson
John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan
Cardinal, Archbishop of Abuja, Nigeria
Contributions
Jesus Delgado
General Vicar of San Salvador, El Salvador
Dionysius Jean Kawak
Orthodox Archbishop, Syrian Church
Nikolaj
Bishop, Ukrainian Orthodox Church
Angelo Romano
Rector, Basilica di San Bartolomeo all'Isola Rome, Sanctuary of the New Martyrs
Brian C. Stiller
Global Ambassador of the World Evangelical Alliance
Virgil Bercea
Greek Catholic Bishop, Romania
16:30
Chairperson
Johan Jozef Bonny
Catholic Bishop, Belgium
Contributions
Ignatius Aphrem II
Syrian Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East
Athenagoras
Orthodox Metropolitan Bishop, Ecumenical Patriarchate
Richard Chartres
Anglican Bishop of London, United Kingdom
Martin Junge
Secretary General of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF)
Pavel
Orthodox Metropolitan Bishop, Moscow Patriarchate
Vasileios
Orthodox Metropolitan Bishop, Church of Cyprus
16:30
Chairperson
Leon Lemmens
Catholic Bishop, Belgium
Contributions
Zygmunt Bauman
Sociologist and philosopher, Poland
Bernhard Felmberg
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany
Vivian Liska
Director of the Center for Jewish Studies, Belgium
Mario Morcone
Prefect, Councilor for Legality, Security, Immigration of the Campania Region, Italy
Daniela Pompei
Community of Sant’Egidio, Italy
Paul Scheffer
University of Tilburg, Netherlands
16:30
Chairperson
Ambrogio Spreafico
Catholic Bishop, Italy
Contributions
Jawad Al-Khoei
Secretary General of Al-Khoei Institute, Iraq
Klaus Krämer
President of Missio Aachen, Germany
Paulo Lockmann
World Methodist Council
Siti Musdah Mulia
Representative of the “Indonesian Conference on Religion and Peace”
Jerzy Norel
General Vicar of the Order of Friars Minor Conventual
David Rosen
Rabbi, Special Advisor to the Abrahamic Family House (AFH) in Abu Dhabi, Israel
16:30
Chairperson
Antonio Ferrari
Journalist and writer, Italy
Contributions
Daniel Deckers
Journalist of Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Germany
Ira N. Forman
Department of State, USA
M'hamed Krichen
Principal Presenter, Al Jazeera, Tunisia
Vincent Montagne
President, Groupe Media Participation, France
Jean-Claude Petit
Journalist and Writer, France
Rudi Vranckx
Journalist of “VRT”, Belgium
16:30
Chairperson
Jaume Castro
Community of Sant’Egidio, Spain
Contributions
Jaron Engelmayer
Chief Rabbi of Vienna, Austria
Robert Innes
Anglican Bishop for Europe
Iosif
Orthodox Metropolitan Bishop, Romanian Patriarchate
Juvénal Nzosaba
Union of Baptist Churches in Burundi
Valérie Régnier
Community of Sant’Egidio, France
Laurent Ulrich
Archbishop of Paris, France
16:30
Chairperson
Paul Poupard
Cardinal, Holy See
Contributions
Nedim Gürsel
Writer, Turkey
Jusuf Hadžifejzović
Artist, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Simonetta Lux
Art Historian, Italy
César Meneghetti
Artist, Brazil
Johannes Wickert
Artist, Germany
16:30
Chairperson
Jan De Volder
Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium
Contributions
Muhammad Ashafa
Imam, Interfaith Mediation Centre, Nigeria
Ignatius Ayau Kaigama
Catholic Archbishop, Nigeria
Marc-Antoine Pérouse de Montclos
lnstitut de recherche pour le développement, Centre Population Développement (CEPED), France
Mohamed Sambo Haruna
Emir of Wase, Nigeria
James Wuye
Pastor, Interfaith Mediation Centre, Nigeria
16:30
Chairperson
Crescenzio Sepe
Cardinal, Archbishop of Naples, Italy
Contributions
Khadija Benguenna
Journalist of Al Jazeera, Algeria
Yoshitaka Hatakeyama
Asian Conference on Religion and Peace
Gwenolé Jeusset
Franciscan friar, Turkey
Israel Singer
Rabbi, USA
Didi Talwalkar
Leader of the Swadhyaya Movement, India
16:30
Chairperson
Guy Harpigny
Catholic Bishop, Belgium
Contributions
Andrej
Orthodox Bishop, Patriarchate of Serbia
Raphael Cohen-Almagor
University of Hull, United Kingdom
Jean-Pierre Denis
Director of La Vie, France
Willem Lemmens
University of Antwerp
Vincenzo Paglia
Catholic Archbishop, President of the Pontifical Academy for Life, Holy See
19:00
Chairperson
Hendrik Hoet
Community of Sant’Egidio, Belgium
Contributions
Ahmed Azzouz
Inspector for the Islamic religion, Belgium
Tamara Chikunova
Human Rights Activist, Uzbekistan
Lisa Palmieri - Billig
American Jewish Committee, USA
Raj Kumar Srivastava
Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, India
09:30
Chairperson
Cornelio Sommaruga
Former President of the International Red Cross Committee, Switzerland
Contributions
Vinko Puljic
Cardinal, Archbishop of Vrhbosna-Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Eugenio Bernardini
Former Moderator of the Waldensian Table, Italy
Richard Chartres
Anglican Bishop of London, United Kingdom
Mario Marazziti
Journalist and Writer, Community of Sant’Egidio, Italy
Jan Wouters
University of Louvain, Belgium
09:30
Chairperson
Crescenzio Sepe
Cardinal, Archbishop of Naples, Italy
Contributions
Philippe Ouédraogo
Cardinal, Archbishop of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Avichai Apel
Rabbi of Frankfurt, Germany
François Clavairoly
President of the Protestant Federation of France
Bagrat Galstanyan
Armenian Orhodox Primate, Patriarchate of Etchmiadzin
Karl Hinrich Manzke
Lutheran Bishop, Germany
Armand Puig I Tàrrech
Theologian, Spain
09:30
Chairperson
Pierre Morel
Director of “Pharos Observatory. Cultural & religious pluralism”, France
Contributions
Athanasios
Orthodox Metropolitan Bishop, Greece
Jean-Arnold de Clermont
Pastor of the Reformed Church, France
Patrick H. Daly
Secretary General of COMECE
Jonan Fernandez Erdocia
Secretary General for Peace and Coexistence of the Basque Government, Spain
Ursula Männle
President of the “Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung”, Germany
Steven Vanackere
Senator, Belgium
09:30
Chairperson
Mario Giro
Essayist, Community of Sant'Egidio, ltaly
Contributions
Louis Raphaël I Sako
Cardinal, Patriarch of Babylon of Chaldeans, Iraq
Jawad Al-Khoei
Secretary General of Al-Khoei Institute, Iraq
Vian Dakheel
Yazidi Community, member of the Parliament, Iraq
Anwar Hadaya
Ninivah Provincial Council, Iraq
Kamal Muslim
Minister of Religious Affairs, Kurdistan
Joseph Yacoub
Catholic University of Lyon, France
09:30
Chairperson
Michel Santier
Catholic Bishop, France
Contributions
Mohammed Achaibi
Vice-President of the Executive of Muslims in Belgium
Joachim Gnilka
Catholic theologian, Germany
Syuhud Sahudi Marsudi
Deputy Chief of lndonesian Ulema Council (MUI)
Jean Mbarga
Catholic Archbishop, Cameroun
Anders Wejryd
Co-President of the World Council of Churches
Oded Wiener
Chief Rabbinate of Israel
09:30
Chairperson
Angelo Scelzo
Vice Director of the Holy See Press Office
Contributions
Elard Alumando
Community of Sant’Egidio, Malawi
David Brodman
Rabbi, Israel
Stefan Dartmann
President of Renovabis, Germany
Aleksandra Kania
Sociologist, Poland
Abdelfattah Mourou
First Vice-President of the Parliament, Tunisia
Luc Van Looy
Catholic Bishop, Belgium
09:30
Chairperson
Marco Gnavi
Community of Sant’Egidio, Italy
Contributions
Isak Haleve
Chief Rabbi of Turkey
Ioan
Orthodox Metropolitan, Patriarchate of Romania
Benoit Standaert
Benedictine monk, Belgium
Tep Vong
Supreme Patriarch of the Cambodian Buddhism
Sjirk Van Der Zee
Protestant Pastor, Netherlands
Olav Fykse Tveit
Presiding Bishop of the Conference of Bishops of Norway
09:30
Chairperson
Vittorio Ianari
Community of Sant’Egidio, Italy
Contributions
Paul Poupard
Cardinal, Holy See
Anwar Ibrahim
Member of Parliament, Malaysia
Mohammed Esslimani
Theologian, Saudi Arabia
Guirguis Ibrahim Saleh
Orthodox Coptic Intellectual, Egypt
Faisal Bin Muaammar
Secretary General of KAICIID, Saudi Arabia
Felix Anthony Machado
Catholic Archbishop, India
Muhammad Khalid Masud
Member of the Supreme Court, Pakistan
17:00
Prayer for Peace
in different locations according to each religious tradition
Meditation
Ignatius Aphrem II
Syrian Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East
Olav Fykse Tveit
Presiding Bishop of the Conference of Bishops of Norway
19:00
Contributions
Johan Jozef Bonny
Catholic Bishop, Belgium
Antonio Tajani
Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Italy
Andrea Riccardi
Historian, Founder of the Community of Sant'Egidio
Rita Prigmore
Sinta woman, survived at Porrajmos
Lea Koyassoum Doumta
Vice-President of the Parliament, Central African Republic
Al-Hajj Murad Ebrahim
Chairperson of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), Mindanao, Philippines
Lucjan Avgustini
Catholic Bishop, Albania
19:30
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