Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Morning – 9:00am

Presides: His Eminence Cardinal Bertone, Secretary of Vatican State

Theme: SIGNIFICANCE OF THE EVENT

Initial Greetings:
- His Eminence Cardinal Stanisław Dziwisz, Archbishop of Krakow
- Rev. Fr. Marco Tasca, Minister General OFM Conv.
- Representative of the Roman Township
- Gianni Alemanno, Mayor of Rome
- Prof. Zdzislaw Kijas OFM Conv., President of the Pontifical Theological Faculty St. Bonaventure- Seraphicum

Conference:
“The Church in relation to the problems of the contemporary world: between illuminism and post-modernism” Prof. Rocco Buttiglione (Senator)

Audiovisual Presentation:
“The Synod of Krakow” His Excellency Monsignor Tadeusz Pieronek, Rector Emeritus of the Pontificial Academy of Theology of Krakow

Afternoon – 3:00pm

Presides: His Eminence Cardinal William Joseph Levada, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

Theme: CHRIST AND THE DIGNITY OF THE HUMAN PERSON

Conference:
“The origin and vocation of the human person”
His Excellency Monsignor Ignazio Sanna (Archbishop of Oristano)

Conference:
“The Church, the culture and the integral development of the person: from the Second Ecumenical Vatican Council to John Paul II”
His Eminence Cardinal Paul Poupard, President emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Culture, President emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue

Conference:
“The family as a place of experience and communion”
His Eminence Cardinal Carlo Caffarra, Archbishop of Bologna
"Issues of bioethics and biogenetics: from Vatican II to John Paul II"
Fr. Gonzalo Miranda, LC, Athenaeum Pontificium Regina Apostolorum