Programme of Assisi 2016

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PROGRAMME

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10:30

Eucharistic Celebration

In the presence of the representatives of the Christian Churches and Ecclesial Communities
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16:30

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Alla presenza di

Sergio Mattarella

President of the Republic, Italy


Chairperson


Henri de Luxembourg

Grand Duke of Luxembourg


Reports

Andrea Riccardi

Historian, Founder of the Community of Sant'Egidio

Bartholomew I

Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople


INTERVALLO MUSICALE



Baleka Mbete

Chairperson of the National Assembly of the Republic of South Africa


Witnesses


Mohammad Sammak

Special Adviser to the Grand Mufti of Lebanon

Nichiko Niwano

President of Rissho Kosei-kai Buddhism, Japan

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09:30

09:00

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Chairperson


Contributions

César Alierta

“Profuturo”, Spain

Daniele Donati

Head of FAO Emergency Response Team

Philippe Herzog

Economist, Confrontations Europe, France

Katherine Marshall

Vice-President, G20 Interfaith Association, USA

Patrick Pouyanné

PDG of Total, France

Olav Fykse Tveit

Bishop, President of the Norwegian Council of Churches

09:30

interventions 

Chairperson

Domenico Sorrentino

Archbishop of Assisi


Contributions

Miguel Angel Ayuso Guixot

Cardinal, President of the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue, Holy See

Mohammed Esslimani

Theologian, Saudi Arabia

Vincenzo Paglia

Catholic Archbishop, President of the Pontifical Academy for Life, Holy See

Alberto Quattrucci

Secretary General of Peoples and Religions, Community of Sant’Egidio

09:30

interventions 

Chairperson

Luciano Fontana

Editor of “Corriere della Sera”, Italy


Gian Luca Galletti

Minister of Environment, Italy

Mauro Gambetti

Custodian of the Sacred Convent of Assisi, Italy

Carlo Tamburi

Director of ENEL-Italia

09:30

interventions 

Chairperson

David Rosen

Rabbi, Special Advisor to the Abrahamic Family House (AFH) in Abu Dhabi, Israel


Contributions

Alfonso Arbib

Chief Rabbi of Milan, Italy

Athenagoras

Orthodox Metropolitan Bishop, Ecumenical Patriarchate

Philippe Barbarin

Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon, France

Jaron Engelmayer

Chief Rabbi of Vienna, Austria

Heinrich Mussinghoff

Catholic Bishop, Germany

09:30

09:30

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Chairperson

Roberto Catalano

Focolari Movement, Italy


Contributions

Alison L. Boden

Dean, University of Princeton, USA

Homi Dhalla

Zoroastrianism, India

Keiji Kunitomi

Religions for Peace Japan

Mohinder Singh

Punjab Studies Sikh University, India

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09:30

interventions 

Chairperson

Antonio Tajani

Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Italy


Contributions

Hassine Abassi

Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 2015, Tunisia

Ayachi Hammami

Human Rights activist, Tunisia

Slaheddine Jourchi

Journalist and Human Rights activist, Tunisia

Amer Meherzi

Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 2015, Tunisia

Abdelfattah Mourou

First Vice-President of the Parliament, Tunisia

09:30

interventions 

Chairperson


Contributions

Mohamad Kaiwan

Representative of Religious Communities Union

Omar Kayal

Representative of Imam Union

Cesare Marjieh

Religious Affairs Office, Ministry of Interior

Yacoub Salameh

Director of Religious Communities Section, Ministry of Interior

16:30

16:30

interventions 

Chairperson

Olav Fykse Tveit

Bishop, President of the Norwegian Council of Churches


Contributions

Tawakkol Karman

Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 2011, Yemen

Sudheendra Kulkarni

Hindu, Founder of the “Forum for a New South Asia", India

Faisal Bin Muaammar

Secretary General of KAICIID, Saudi Arabia

Muhammad Khalid Masud

Member of the Supreme Court, Pakistan

Al-Hajj Murad Ebrahim

Chairperson of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), Mindanao, Philippines

John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan

Cardinal, Archbishop of Abuja, Nigeria

Orlando Beltran Quevedo

Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Cotabato, The Philippines

Jody Williams

Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 1997, USA

16:30

interventions 

Chairperson

Matteo Zuppi

Cardinal, Archbishop of Bologna, President of the Italian Bishops' Conference


Contributions

Virgil Bercea

Greek Catholic Bishop, Romania

Albert Guigui

Chief Rabbi of Brussels, Belgium

Gensho Hozumi

Rinzai Zen Buddhism, Japan

Heikki Huttunen

General Secretary of the Conference of European Churches (KEK)

José Tolentino Mendonça

Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for Culture and Education, Holy See

Abuna Musie

Orthodox Archbishop, Tewahedo Church of Ethiopia

17:00

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Chairperson

Justin Welby

The Archbishop of Canterbury and Primate of the Church of England


Andrea Riccardi

Historian, Founder of the Community of Sant'Egidio

Mario Giro

Columnist, Community of Sant'Egidio, Italy

David Rosen

Rabbi, Special Advisor to the Abrahamic Family House (AFH) in Abu Dhabi, Israel


Contribution

Bartholomew I

Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople

16:30

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Contributions

Epiphanios

Orthodox Bishop, Coptic Church, Egypt

Bernhard Felmberg

Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany

Abdul Mukti

Secretary General of Muhammadiyyah, Indonesia

Nichiko Niwano

President of Rissho Kosei-kai Buddhism, Japan

Hubert van Beek

Global Christian Forum, Netherlands

16:30

interventions 

Chairperson

Marco Tarquinio

Director of “Avvenire”, Italy


Contributions

Tarek Mitri

President of Saint George University of Beirut, Lebanon

Shahan Sarkissian

Orthodox Armenian Primate of Aleppo, Syria

Harutiun Selimian

President of the Evangelical Community in Syria

16:30

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Chairperson

Joseph Soueif

Catholic Archbishop of the Maronite Church, Cyprus


Contributions

Mohammed Abdessalam

Judge at the Council of State, Egypt

Joseph Coutts

Cardinal, Archbishop of Karachi, Pakistan

Abdelrahman El-Zahab

Intellectual, Republic of Sudan

Matthew Hassan Kukah

Catholic Bishop, Nigeria

Seyed Abolhassan Navab

President of the University of Religions, Iran

Mohammad Sammak

Special Adviser to the Grand Mufti of Lebanon

16:30

interventions 

Chairperson

Agostino Giovagnoli

Historian, Community of Sant’Egidio, Italy


Contributions

Tokihiko Asada

Oomoto Shintoism, Japan

Sohan Lal Gandhi

Jainism, Anuvrat International, India

Yoshitaka Hatakeyama

Asian Conference on Religion and Peace

Munemichi Kurozumi

Shintoism, Japan

Doryu Mine

Rinzai Zen Buddhism, Japan

Keishi Miyamoto

Myochi-kai Buddhism, Japan

Zensuke Nakata

Tenrikyo Denomination, Japan

Koho Ogawa

Tendai Buddhist Denomination, Japan

16:30

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Chairperson

Vittorio Ianari

Community of Sant’Egidio, Italy


Contributions

Jawad Al-Khoei

Secretary General of Al-Khoei Institute, Iraq

Abdulrazzaq A. Alsadi

University for Sciences and World Education, Iraq

Abdulwahhab Ahmed Al-Taha Al-Sammaraee

Spokesman of Fiqh Council of Senior Scholars, Iraq

Leyla Ferman

Yazidi Community, Turkey

Omar Hasan Hamad Maro Khoshnaw

Institute for Islamic Sciences of Kurdistan, Iraq

17:00

17:30

interventions 

Chairperson


Contributions

Athanasios

Orthodox Metropolitan Bishop, Greece

Bagrat Galstanyan

Armenian Orhodox Primate, Patriarchate of Etchmiadzin

Andon Merdani

Orthodox Metropolitan Bishop, Church of Albania

Franco Sottocornola

Interreligious Dialogue Center Shinmeizan, Japan

Ernest Troshani

Franciscan, witness, Albania

17:30

interventions 

Chairperson

Leon Lemmens

Catholic Bishop, Belgium


Contributions

Jean-François Bensahel

President of the “Union Libérale Israélite de France”

Jakob Finci

President of the Jewish Community in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Jean Paul Messina

Catholic University of Central Africa, Cameroon

Tritan Shehu

Intellectual and politician, Albania

Didi Talwalkar

Leader of the Swadhyaya Movement, India

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08:30

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Chairperson

Francesco Montenegro

Cardinal, Archbishop of Agrigento, Italy


Contributions

Eugenio Bernardini

Former Moderator of the Waldensian Table, Italy

Gabriel

Orhodox Metropolitan Bishop, Church of Greece

Mario Morcone

Councilor for Legality, Security, Immigration of the Campania Region, Italy

08:30

interventions 

Chairperson

Walter Kasper

Cardinal, Holy See


Contributions

Athenagoras

Orthodox Metropolitan Bishop, Ecumenical Patriarchate

François Clavairoly

President of the Protestant Federation of France

Dionysius Jean Kawak

Orthodox Archbishop, Syrian Church

Justin Welby

The Archbishop of Canterbury and Primate of the Church of England

Anders Wejryd

Co-President of the World Council of Churches

08:30

interventions 

Chairperson


Contributions

Rashid al-Husseini

Al-Mustafa Foundation, Iraq

Riccardo Di Segni

Chief Rabbi of Rome, Italy

Jean Mbarga

Catholic Archbishop, Cameroun

Serafim

Orthodox Metropolitan, Romanian Patriarchate

08:30

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Chairperson

Chris Ferguson

World Communion of Reformed Churches, Canada


Contributions

Jawad Al-Khoei

Secretary General of Al-Khoei Institute, Iraq

Porfirije

Orthodox Metropolitan Bishop, Serbian Patriarchate

Brian C. Stiller

Global Ambassador of the World Evangelical Alliance

Gijun Sugitani

Chief Priest of the Myoho-in Temple, Tendai Buddhism, Japan

08:30

interventions 

Contributions

Emmanuel

Elder Metropolitan Bishop of Chalcedone, Ecumenical Patriarchate

Omar Ahmed Abboud

Islamic Community of Buenos Aires, Argentina

Martin Junge

Secretary General of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF)

Leopoldo Sandona'

Responsible of the Biblical Festival, Italy

Daniel Sperber

Rabbi, Bar Ilan University, Israel

08:30

interventions 

Chairperson

Maite Carpio Bulgari

Journalist and Film Director, Italy


Contributions

Ioan

Orthodox Metropolitan Bishop, Romanian Patriarchate

Paulo Lockmann

World Methodist Council

08:30

08:30

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Chairperson


Contributions

Andreas Hipple

Advisor to the GHR Foundation, USA

Davide Faraone

Sottosegretario del Ministero dell'Istruzione

Anouar Kbibech

President of the "Conseil Français du Culte Musulman" (CFCM), Morocco

08:30

interventions 

Chairperson

Din Syamsuddin

President of the Centre for Dialogue and Cooperation among Civilizations, Indonesia


Contributions

Ruth Dureghello

President of the Jewish Community of Rome, Italy

Blendi Klosi

Minister of Welfare and Youth, Albania

Ivo Komšić

Mayor of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Seraphim Kykkotis

Orthodox Archbishop of the Patriarchate of Alexandria

08:30

interventions 

Chairperson

Matteo Zuppi

Cardinal, Archbishop of Bologna, President of the Italian Bishops' Conference


Contributions

Claire Ly

Witness and writer, Cambodia

Faisal Bin Muaammar

Secretary General of KAICIID, Saudi Arabia

Abdelhady Saleh

Imam of Damietta, Egypt

Israel Singer

Rabbi, USA

Pope Visit and Final

11:05

11:30

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Accolto da

Mauro Gambetti

Custodian of the Sacred Convent of Assisi, Italy

Bartholomew I

Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople

Justin Welby

The Archbishop of Canterbury and Primate of the Church of England

Efrem II

Patriarca Siro-Ortodosso di Antiochia

11:50

12:00

13:00

Luncheon together in the refectory of the Sacred Convent, along with a number of victims of war

Dr Marco Impagliazzo, President of the Sant’Egidio Community, will announce the 25th anniversary of the Patriarchate of His Holiness Bartholomew I
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15:15

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Meeting with

Bartholomew I

Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople

Justin Welby

The Archbishop of Canterbury and Primate of the Church of England

Efrem II

Patriarca Siro-Ortodosso di Antiochia

16:00

16:00

17:00

17:15

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Mauro Gambetti

Custodian of the Sacred Convent of Assisi, Italy


Introduction

Andrea Riccardi

Historian, Founder of the Community of Sant'Egidio


Contributions

Bartholomew I

Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople

Din Syamsuddin

President of the Centre for Dialogue and Cooperation among Civilizations, Indonesia

Koei Morikawa

Patriarch of the Tendai Buddhism, Japan


18:00

18:10

18:15

18:20

18:30