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COMMUNITY OF SANT’EGIDIODIOCESE OF ASSISIFRANCISCAN FAMILIES ASSISI

Assisi, 18-20 September, 2016

Programme

THIRST FOR PEACERELIGIONS AND CULTURES IN DIALOGUE

Presided over by

His Excellency Msgr. Domenico SorrentinoArchbishop-Bishop of Assisi

In the presence of the representatives of the Christian Churchesand Ecclesial Communities

Upper Basilica of Saint Francis

September 18th, Sunday - Morning10.30 am

Eucharistic Celebration

Chairperson

Hilde KieboomVice-President of the Community of Sant’Egidio

Welcome Addresses

Domenico SorrentinoArchbishop-Bishop of Assisi

Catiuscia MariniPresident of the Umbria Region

Key-note Speeches

Andrea RiccardiHistorian, Founder of the Community of Sant’Egidio

Bartolomew IEcumenical Patriarch of Constantinople

MUSIC

Contribution

Zygmunt BaumanSociologist and philosopher, Poland

Remarks

Faustin-Archange TouadéraPresident of the Republic of Central Africa

Baleka MbeteChairperson of the National Assembly of the Republic of South Africa

Testimonies

Dominique LebrunArchbishop of Rouen, France

Domenico PompiliBishop of Rieti, Italy

César Alierta“Profuturo”, Spain

Teatro Lyrick

Available languages: Italian, English, French, Russian, Arabic, Japanese, Spanish

September 18th, Sunday – Afternoon4.30 pm

Opening Assembly In the presence of Sergio MattarellaPresident of the Italian Republic

Contributions

Avraham SteinbergRabbi, Israel

Mohammad SammakPolitical Advisor to the Grand Mufti of Lebanon

Nichiko NiwanoPresident of Rissho Kosei-kai Buddhism, Japan

Chairperson

Mario GiroDeputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Italy

Contributions

Ignatius Ayau KaigamaCatholic Archbishop, Nigeria

Venance KonanWriter, Director of “Fraternité Matin”, Côte-d’Ivoire

Baleka MbeteChairperson of the National Assembly of the Republic of South Africa

Penda MbowCheikh Anta Diop of Dakar, Senegal

Evariste NgoyagoyeCatholic Archbishop, Burundi

Muhammadu Sanusi IIEmir of Kano, Nigeria

Teatro MetastasioPiazzetta Verdi

Available languages: Italian, English, French

September 19th, Monday - Morning9.30 am

PANEL 1The Challenges of Global Africa

Chairperson

Stefano ZamagniEconomist, Italy

Contributions

César Alierta“Profuturo”, Spain

Daniele DonatiHead of FAO Emergency Response Team

Philippe HerzogEconomist, Confrontations Europe, France

Katherine MarshallExecutive Director of the World Faiths Development Dialogue, USA

Patrick PouyannéPDG of Total, France

Olav Fykse TveitGeneral Secretary of the World Council of Churches

Cittadella, Sala San GiovanniVia degli Ancajani, 3



PANEL 2Economy and Inequality

Chairperson


Contributions

Miguel Angel Ayuso GuixotBishop, Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue, Holy See

Mohammed EsslimaniIslamic Theologian, Egypt

Shoten MinegishiSoto Zen Buddhism, Japan

Vincenzo PagliaArchbishop, President of the Pontifical Academy for Life, Holy See

Abraham SkorkaRector of the Rabbinical Seminary Marshall T. Meyer, Argentina

Palazzo Monte FrumentarioVicolo degli Esposti

Available languages: Italian, English, Arabic, Japanese


PANEL 31986 - 2016, Yesterday as Today:the Relevance of the Spirit of Assisi

Chairperson

Luciano FontanaEditor of “Corriere della Sera”, Italy

Contributions

Claudio DescalziCEO of Eni, Italy

Gian Luca GallettiMinister of Environment, Italy

Mauro GambettiCustodian of the Sacred Convent of Assis

Carlo MontalbettiGeneral Director of Comieco, Italy

Mauro MorettiCEO of Leonardo, Italy

Tiziano OnestiPresident of Trenitalia, Italy

Carlo TamburiDirector of ENEL-Italia

Sacro Convento, Sala PapalePiazza Inferiore di S. Francesco, 2

Available languages: Italian, English

* By the Conventual Franciscans of Assisi


PANEL 4Our “Common Home”: Mother Earth*

Chairperson

David RosenFormer Chief Rabbi of Ireland, AJC, Israel

Contributions

Alfonso ArbibChief Rabbi of Milan, Italy

AthenagorasOrthodox Metropolitan, Ecumenical Patriarchate

Philippe BarbarinCardinal, Archbishop of Lyon, France

Jaron EngelmayerRabbi, Israel

Isak HaleveChief Rabbi of Turkey

Heinrich MussinghoffCatholic Bishop, Germany

Sacro Convento, Sala RomanicaPiazza Inferiore di S. Francesco, 2

Available languages: Italian, English, French, German


PANEL 5Christians and Jews in Dialogue:Milestones and New Questions

Chairperson

Guillaume GoubertEditor of “La Croix”, France

Contributions

Jean-Pierre DenisEditor of “La Vie”, France

Antonio FerrariEnvoy of “Corriere della Sera”, Italy

Enzo FortunatoDirector of the Press Hall of the Sacred Convent of Assisi

M’hamed Krichen“Al Jazeera”, Qatar

David W. PorterChurch of England

Philip PullellaReuters Agency

Auditorium Grand Hotel CongressiVia G. Renzi, 2



PANEL 6Media and War: Information and Misinformation

Chairperson

Roberto CatalanoFocolari Movement

Contributions

Swami AgniveshHindu, India

Alison L. BodenPrinceton University, USA

Homi DhallaZoroastrianism, India

Keiji KunitomiReligions for Peace Japan

Felix Anthony MachadoCatholic Archbishop, India

Syuhud Sahudi MarsudiNahdlatul Ulama, Indonesia

Mohinder SinghPunjab Studies Sikh University, India

Auditorium Hotel CenacoloSanta Maria degli Angeli

Available languages: Italian, English, Japanese


PANEL 7Asia: Religions and the Value of Life

Chairperson

Antonio TajaniFirst Vice-President of the European Parliament

Contributions

Hassine AbassiNobel Peace Prize Laureate 2015, Tunisia

Ayachi HammamiHuman Rights activist, Tunisia

Slaheddine JourchiJournalist and Human Rights activist, Tunisia

Amer MeherziNobel Peace Prize Laureate 2015, Tunisia

Abdelfattah MourouFirst Vice-President of the Parliament, Tunisia

Sala della ConciliazionePiazza del Comune

Available languages: Italian, English, French, Arabic


PANEL 8Tunisia, Five Years After the Jasmine Revolution

Chairperson

Oded WienerFormer Director General of the Chief Rabbinate of Israel

Contributions

Mohamad KaiwanRepresentative of Religious Communities Union

Omar KayalRepresentative of Imam Union

Giacinto Boulos MarcuzzoCatholic Bishop, Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem

Cesare MarjiehReligious Affairs Office, Ministry of Interior

Yacoub SalamehDirector of Religious Communities Section, Ministry of Interior

Daniel SperberBar Ilan University, Israel

Moafaq TarifRepresentative of the Druze Community

Palazzo BuonacquistiPiazza del Comune

Available languages: Italian, English, French, arabic


PANEL 9Inter-religious Coexistence in Israel

Laudatio by

Prof. Marco ImpagliazzoUniversity for Foreigners of PerugiaPresident of the Community of Sant’Egidio

Lectio Doctoralis


Università per Stranieri di PerugiaPiazza Fortebraccio, 4, Perugia


Ceremony for the Conferral of the Honoris Causa Degree in International Relations to

His All Holiness Bartolomew IEcumenical Patriarch of Constantinople

Chairperson

Jean-Claude PetitJournalist and writer, France

Contributions

Zygmunt BaumanSociologist and philosopher, Poland

Markus DrögeEvangelical Bishop, Germany

Nedim GürselWriter, Turkey

Daniela PompeiCommunity of Sant’Egidio

Michel SantierCatholic Bishop, France

Vassilis VassilikosWriter and Historian, Greece

Antonio Maria VegliòCardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Migrants, Holy See



September 19th, Monday - Afternoon4.30 pm

PANEL 10Migrants and Integration

Chairperson

Olav Fykse TveitGeneral Secretary of the World Council of Churches

Contributions

Tawakkol KarmanNobel Peace Prize Laureate 2011, Yemen

Sudheendra KulkarniHindu, Chairman, Observer Research Foundation Mumbai, India

Muhammad Khalid MasudMember of the Supreme Court, Pakistan

Al-Hajj Murad EbrahimChief negotiator in the peace process for Mindanao, Philippines

John Olorunfemi OnaiyekanCardinal, Archbishop of Abuja, Nigeria

Orlando Beltran QuevedoCardinal, Archbishop of Cotabato, Philippines

Jody WilliamsNobel Peace Prize Laureate 1997, USA




PANEL 11Terrorism Denies God

Chairperson

Matteo ZuppiCatholic Archbishop, Italy

Contributions

Virgil BerceaGreek-Catholic Bishop, Romania

Albert GuiguiChief Rabbi of Brussels, Belgium

Gensho HozumiRinzai Zen Buddhism, Japan

Heikki HuttunenGeneral Secretary of the Conference of European Churches (KEK)

José Tolentino MendonçaTheologian and writer, Portugal

Abuna MusieOrthodox Archbishop, Tewahedo Church of Ethiopia


Available languages: Italian, English, French , Japanese


PANEL 12Religions and the Poor

Chairperson

Justin WelbyArchbishop of Canterbury and Primate of the Church of England

Interventions

Walter KasperCardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Christian Unity, Holy See


Contributions

Mario GiroDeputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Italy

David RosenFormer Chief Rabbi of Ireland, AJC, Israel

Sacro Convento, Sala PapalePiazza Inferiore di S. Francesco, 2



PANEL 13The Patriarch Bartholomew:25 Years at the Service of Christians and the World

Chairperson

Jean-Arnold de ClermontPastor of the Protestant United Church of France

Contributions

EpiphaniosOrthodox Bishop, Coptic Church, Egypt

Bernard FelmbergMinistry of Cooperation, Germany

Abdul MuktiGeneral Secretary of Muhammadiyyah, Indonesia

Nichiko NiwanoPresident of Rissho Kosei-kai Buddhism, Japan

Elisabeth RasmussonWorld Food Programme, UNO

Hubert van Beek“Global Christian Forum”, Netherlands

Sacro Convento, Sala RomanicaPiazza Inferiore di S.Francesco, 2

Available languages: Italian, English, French , Japanese


PANEL 14Food and Water for All

Chairperson

Marco TarquinioEditor of “Avvenire”, Italy

Contributions

Mauro GarofaloCommunity of Sant’Egidio

Tamar MikalliWitness, Syria

Tarek MitriAmerican University of Beyrouth, Lebanon

Shahan SarkissianOrthodox Armenian Primate of Aleppo, Syria

Harutiun SelimianPresident of the Evangelical Community in Syria

Auditorium Grand Hotel CongressiVia G. Renzi, 2



PANEL 15Save Aleppo!

Chairperson

Joseph SoueifCatholic Archbishop of the Maronite Church, Cyprus

Contributions

Mohamed M. Abdelsalam AbdellatifAdvisor to the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, Egypt

Joseph CouttsCatholic Archbishop, Pakistan

Abdelrahman El-ZahabIntellectual, Republic of Sudan

Matthew Hassan KukahCatholic Bishop, Nigeria

Abulhasan NavabPresident of the University of Religions, Iran

Guirguis Ibrahim SalehOrthodox Coptic Intellectual, Egypt

Mohammad Sammak Political Advisor to the Grand Mufti of Lebanon


Available languages: Italian, English, Arabic


PANEL 16Christians and Muslims to the Test of Coexistence

Chairperson

Agostino GiovagnoliCommunity of Sant’Egidio

Contributions

Tokihiko AsadaOomoto Shintoism, Japan

Sohan Lal GandhiJainism, India

Yoshitaka HatakeyamaAsian Conference on Religion and Peace

Munemichi KurozumiShintoism, Japan

Doryu MineRinzai Zen Buddhism, Japan

Keishi MiyamotoMyochi-kai Buddhism, Japan

Zensuke NakataTenrikyo Denomination, Japan

Koho OgawaTendai Buddhist Denomination, Japan


Available languages: Italian, English, Japanese


PANEL 17Asian Religions, Dialogue and Peace

Chairperson

Vittorio IanariCommunity of Sant’Egidio

Contributions

Jawad Al-KhoeiGeneral Secretary of Al-Khoei Institute, Iraq

Abdulrazzaq AlsaadiUniversity for Sciences and World Education, Iraq

Abdulwahhab Ahmed Al-Taha Al-SammaraeeFiqh Council of Senior Scholars, Iraq

Rebwar Audish BasaChaldean Church, Iraq

Leyla FermanYazidi Community, Iraq

Omar Hasan Hamad Maro KhoshnawInstitute for Islamic Sciences of Kurdistan, Iraq


Available languages: Italian, English, Arabic


PANEL 18Iraq: Ending the Crisis

Chairperson

Stefano OrlandoCommunity of Sant’Egidio

Lecture delivered by

Israel Meir LauChef Rabbi of Tel Aviv, Israel

Auditorium della Scuola AlessiVia Enrico Toti, Santa Maria degli Angeli



PANEL 19No Future Without Memory: Rabbi Lau, Witness of the Shoah, Meets the Youth

Chairperson

Armand PuigCatholic theologian, Spain

Contributions

AthanasiosOrthodox Metropolitan Bishop, Church of Greece

Bagrat GalstanyanArmenian Orhodox Primate, Patriarchate of Etchmiadzin

Andon MerdaniOrthodox Metropolitan Bishop, Church of Albania

Armash NalbandianArmenian Orthodox Primate, Syria

Franco SottocornolaInterreligious Dialogue Center Shinmeizan, Japan

Ernest TroshaniFranciscan friar, witness, Albania

Palazzo Trinci, Sala ConferenzeFoligno



FORUM I in FolignoThe Martyrdom of Christians in the Twentieth Century

Chairperson

Leon LemmensCatholic Bishop, Belgium

Contributions

Jean-François BensahelPresident of the “Union Libérale Israélite de France”

Jakob FinciPresident of the Jewish Community of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Gwenolé JeussetFranciscan friar, Turkey

Jean Paul MessinaCatholic University of Central Africa, Cameroon

Tritan ShehuIntellectual and politician, Albania

Didi TalwalkarLeader of Swadhyaya Movement, India

Sala ComunaleSpello



FORUM II in SpelloLiving Together: a Challenge for Religions

Chairperson

Francesco MontenegroCardinal, Archbishop of Agrigento, Italy

Contributions

Eugenio BernardiniModerator of the Waldensian Table, Italy

Lucia CapuzziJournalist, Italy

GabrielOrhodox Metropolitan Bishop, Church of Greece

Mario MarazzitiMember of Parliament, Chair of the Commission for Social Affairs, Italy

Mario MorconeHead of the Department for Civil Liberties and Immigration, Ministry of Interior, Italy



September 20th, Tuesday - Morning8.30 am

PANEL 20Refugees Challenge Europe

Chairperson

Walter KasperCardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Christian Unity, Holy See

Contributions

AthenagorasOrhodox Metropolitan, Ecumenical Patriarchate

Gualtiero BassettiCardinal, Archbishop of Perugia, Italy

François ClavairolyPresident of the Protestant Federation of France

Dionysius Jean KawakOrthodox Archbishop, Syrian Church

Justin WelbyArchbishop of Canterbury and Primate of the Church of England

Anders WejrydCo-president of the World Council of Churches




PANEL 21The Ecumenism of Mercy

Chairperson

Lluís Maria Martinez SistachCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Barcelona, Spain

Contributions

Rashid al-HusseiniAl-Mustafa Foundation, Iraq

Riccardo Di SegniChief Rabbi of Rome, Itay

Jean MbargaCatholic Archbishop, Cameroun

SerafimOrthodox Metropolitan Bishop, Romanian Patriarchate




PANEL 22Mercy Changes History

Chairperson

Chris FergusonGeneral Secretary of the World Communion of Reformed Churches

Contributions

Jawad Al-KhoeiGeneral Secretary of Al-Khoei Institute, Iraq

PorfirijeOrthodox Metropolitan Bishop, Serbian Patriarchate

Avraham Itzahk RadbilRabbi, Germany

Brian C. StillerGlobal Ambassador of the World Evangelical Alliance

Gijun SugitaniTendai Buddhist Denomination, Japan

Monastero di Sant’Andrea Vicolo S. Margherita, 13

Available languages: Italian, English, Arabic, Japanese


PANEL 23Prayer at the Root of Peace

Chairperson

Ambrogio SpreaficoCatholic Bishop, President of the IEC Commission for Ecumenism and Dialoge, Italy

Contributions

EmmanuelOrthodox Metropolitan Bishop, Vice-President of KEK, Ecumenical Patriarchate

Omar Ahmed AbboudIslamic Community of Buenos Aires, Argentina

Martin JungeGeneral Secretary of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF)

Luigi PasqualiCEO of “Telespazio”, Italy

Leopoldo SandonàResponsible of the Biblical Festival, Italy

Daniel SperberBar Ilan University, Israel

Cittadella, Auditorium Via degli Ancajani, 3

Available languages: Italian, English, French, Spanish


PANEL 24Religions as the Safeguards of Creation

Chairperson

Maite CarpioJournalist and filmmaker, Italy

Contributions

IoanOrthodox Metropolitan Bishop, Romanian Patriarchate

Paulo LockmannPresident of the World Methodist Council

Andrea OrlandoMinister of Justice, Italy

Marc StengerCatholic Bishop, France

Francesca ZuccariCommunity of Sant’Egidio

Auditorium, Grand Hotel CongressiVia G. Renzi, 2



PANEL 25Humanizing Prisons

Chairperson

Jean-Dominique DurandHistorian, University of Lyon, France

Contributions

Johan Jozef BonnyCatholic Bishop, Belgium

Mairead MaguireNobel Peace Prize Laureate 1976, Ireland

Gerhard UlrichLutheran Bishop, President of the VELKD, Germany

Erion VeliajMayor of Tirana, Albania




PANEL 26The Future of Europe:to Integrate, to Dialogue, to Generate

Chairperson

Adriana GulottaCommunity of Sant’Egidio

Contributions

Stefania GianniniMinister of Education, Italy

Andreas HippleAdvisor to the GHR Foundation, USA

Aleksandra KaniaSociologist, Poland

Anouar KbibechPresident of the “Conseil Français du Culte Musulman”




PANEL 27At the School of Peace

Chairperson

Din SyamsuddinPresident of the Ulema Council, Indonesia

Contributions

Ruth DureghelloPresident of the Jewish Community of Rome, Italy

Kaarlo KallialaLutheran Bishop, Finland

Blendi KlosiMinister of Welfare and Youth, Albania

Ivo KomšićMayor of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Seraphim KykkotisOrthodox Metropolitan Bishop, Patriarchate of Alexandria




PANEL 28Living Together in the XXI Century

Chairperson

Matteo ZuppiCatholic Archbishop, Italy

Contributions

Muhammad Abdul Khabir AzadGrand Imam of the Lahore Mosque, Pakistan

Clare LyWitness and writer, Cambodia

Faisal Bin MuaammarGeneral Secretary of KAICIID, Saudi Arabia

Abdelhady SalehImam of Damietta, Egypt

Israel SingerRabbi, USA

Auditorium della Scuola AlessiVia Enrico Toti, Santa Maria degli Angeli



PANEL 29The Spirit of Assisi Facing Conflicts

Greetings


Mauro GambettiCustodian of the Sacred Convent of Assisi

Introduction


Interventions and testimonies

Tamar Mikalli Witness, Syria


David BrodmanRabbi, Israel

Koei MorikawaPatriarch of the Tendai Buddhism, Japan

a representative of Islam

September 20th, Tuesday - Afternoon4.00 pm

Prayer for Peacein different locations according to the various Religions

Peace ProcessionFrom the prayer locations towards the stage

Final CeremonyIn the presence of Pope Francis

Lower square of Saint Francis

Speech of

Pope Francis

Silence in memory of victims of war and terrorism

Reading of the Appeal for Peace 2016

Delivery of the Appeal to children who bring it to the representatives of Nations

Lighting of the candelabras and signing of the Appeal

Exchange of a sign of peace

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