Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Morning – 9:00am

Presides: His Eminence Card. Camillo Ruini, Vicar to His Holiness for the Diocese of Rome

Theme: THE CHURCH MOVING AHEAD

Conference:
“The Liturgical Reform and John Paul II”
Prof. Matias Augé CFM, Institute of Theology Claretianum / His Excellency Monsignor Piero Marini, President of the Committee for the International Eucharistic Congresses

Round Table:
- “Ethics, Politics, and the human person”
Prof. Marco Cangiotti (University of Urbino)
- “The Church in the Pontificate of John Paul II”
Prof. Giovanni Iammarrone OFM Conv. (Pontifical Faculty St. Bonaventure-Seraphicum)
- “Fids et Ratio, Christianity and contemporary culture”
Prof. Massimo Borghesi (Pontifical Faculty St. Bonaventure-Seraphicum)

Conference:
“Redemptoris Missio as the doctrinal framework for evangelisation in the contemporary world”
His Excellency Monsignor Angelo Amato, Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

Afternoon – 3:00 pm

Presides: Ms. Dr. Hanna Suchocka, Polish Ambassador for the Holy State

Theme: GOD SPEAKS IN THE COURSE OF HISTORY

Round Table:
- “The verum bonum in the moral teaching of John Paul II”
Prof. Wojciech Giertych OP (Theologian of the Pontifical House)
- “The woman seen in the light of Mary from Vatican II to John Paul II"
Prof. Laura Tortorella (Pontifical Theological Faculty St. Bonaventure-Seraphicum)

New Horizons:
“Dignity and respect for life”
Prof. Andrzej Szostek MIC, University of Lublin
“Europe and the Christian identity”
Dr. Bernd Posselt, Pan-Europe, Member of the European Parliament