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 / 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 See

Theme: GOD SPEAKS IN THE COURSE OF HISTORY

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

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