PROGRAMME

Community of Sant’Egidio
Archdiocese of Naples
International Meeting for Peace
BANISHING VIOLENCE FROM THE WORLD
Faiths and Cultures in Dialogue
Naples, 21-23 October 2007
PROGRAMME
Sunday 21 October
morning – 10.00 a.m.
Piazza del Plebiscito
Solemn Eucharistic Celebration
presided by His Holiness Benedict XVI
at the presence of the ecumenical representatives
Sunday 21 October
afternoon – 05.00 p.m.
Teatro S.Carlo in connection with the Square
Plenary Assembly
I Part
Welcome greetings
Rosa Russo Jervolino
Mayor of Naples
Antonio Bassolino
President of Regione Campania
Riccardo Di Palma
President of Provincia di Napoli
Clemente Mastella
Minister of Justice
Lectures
Michaëlle Jean
General Governor of Canada
Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete
President of the United republic of Tanzania
Andrea Riccardi
Founder of the Community of Sant’Egidio
music
II Part
Contributions
Bartholomaios I
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
Yona Metzger
Chief Rabbi of Israel
Ibrahim Ezzeddin
Advisor to His Highness the President of the United Arab Emirates
Gijun Sugitani
Tendai Buddhism, Japan
Conclusions and Final greetings
Crescenzio Sepe
Cardinal, Archbishop of Naples
Monday 22 October
morning – 09.30 a.m.
Auditorium, Hotel Royal Continental
A Soul for Europe
Chairperson
Michel Camdessus
Honorary Governor of the Bank of France
Contributions
Jean-Arnold de Clermont
President of the Conference of the European Churches (KEK)
Kirill di Smolensk
Orthodox Metropolitan, Head of the Department for External Relations, Moscow Patriarchate
Adam Michnik
Writer, Poland
Heinrich Mussinghoff
Catholic bishop, Germany
Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa
Minister of Economy and Finances, Italy
Sala Galatea, Stazione Marittima
Religions in Dialogue for a World without Violence
Chairperson
Jean-Louis Tauran
Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, Holy See
Contributions
Jean Dominique Durand
Professor of Contemporary History, University “Jean Moulin” of Lyon, France
Mohammed Ahmed Sherif
Secretary General of the World Islamic Call Society, Libya
Gijun Sugitani
Tendai Buddhism, Japan
Din Syamsuddin
President of the Central Council of Muhammadiyah, Indonesia
Oded Wiener
Director General of the Grand Rabbinate, Israel
Aula Magna, Università Federico II
Cities, Conflict and Coexistence
Chairperson
Katherine Marshall
Advisor to the President of the World Bank, USA
Contributions
Christine Boutin
Minister of the House and of the City, France
Mario Marazziti
Community of Sant’Egidio
Mario Orfeo
Editor in Chief of “Il Mattino”, Italy
Isaia Sales
Writer, Italy
Mostefa Souag
Director of the Study Center of Al-Jazeera, Qatar
Marc Stenger
Catholic bishop, France
Sala Italia, Castel dell’Ovo
Faiths and Reason
Chairperson
Massimo Franco
Editorialist of “Il Corriere della Sera”, Italy
Contributions
Enzo Bianchi
Prior of the Monastic Community of Bose, Italy
Hasan Hanafi
Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cairo, Egypt
Amos Luzzatto
Former President of the Union of the Italian Jewish Communities
Aldo Masullo
Philosopher, Italy
Ignazio Sanna
Catholic archbishop, Italy
Silvio Suppa
Professor of History of the Political Doctrines at the University of Bari, Italy
Sala Dione, Stazione Marittima
The Challenge of Hiv/AIDS can be Won
Chairperson
Theodore Edgar Mc Carrick
Cardinal, former archbishop of Washington, USA
Contributions
M. Maytham Al-Khayat
Political Advisor of the OMS-EMRO, Egypt
Mark Dybul
Coordinator of the Office “Global AIDS“, USA
Paola Germano
Community of Sant’Egidio
Magid Noorjehan Abdul
DREAM Program, Mozambique
Israel Singer
World Jewish Congress, USA
Sala Perseide, Stazione Marittima
Europe, Immigration, and the Future
Chairperson
???
Contributions
Edgar Busuttil
Director of the Jesuit Center “Faith and Justice”, Malta
Marta Dassù
Aspen Institute, Italy
Antonio Golini
Demographer, University of Rome "la Sapienza", Italy
Wolfgang Huber
Lutheran bishop, President of the EKD, Germany
Agostino Marchetto
Catholic archbishop, Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Migrants, Holy See
Jean Claude Petit
President of the National Center of the Catholic Press of France
Daniela Pompei
Community of Sant’Egidio
Sala Calipso, Stazione Marittima
The Scriptures in Monotheistic Faiths
Chairperson
Walter Kasper
Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christians’ Unity, Holy See
Contributions
Mahmud Ghazi
Council of Islamic Ideology (CII), Pakistan
Joachim Gnilka
Catholic theologian, Germany
Berl Lazar
Chief Rabbi of the Russian Federation
Mesrob II Mutafyan
Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople
Jean-Pierre Ricard
Cardinal, Archbishop of Bordeaux, France
Sala Agave, Stazione Marittima
Prayer, the Strength of Believers
Chairperson
Ignace Moussa Daoud
Cardinal, Prefect emeritus of the Congregation for Oriental Churches, Holy See
Contributions
Mohammed Esslimani
Islamic theologian
Itzhak Haleva
Chief Rabbi of Turkey
Antonios Naguib
Patriarch of Alexandria of the Catholic Copts
Nikolaus Schneider
President of the Evangelical Church of Rheinland, Germany
Paul Yazigi
Greek orthodox Metropolitan of the Patriarchate of Antioch
Monday 22 October
afternoon – 4.30 p.m.
Auditorium, Hotel Royal Continental
Europe and Africa: Two Continents, One Future?
Chairperson
Jean-Pierre Kutwa
Catholic Archbishop, Cote d’Ivoire
Contributions
Michel Camdessus
Honorary Governor of the Bank of France
Maria da Luz Dai Guebuza
Esposa do Presidente da República de Moçambique
Jean Michel Debrat
Assistant Director General of the French Development Agency
Kpakilé Felemou
Community of Sant’Egidio, Guinea Conakry
Renato Raffaele Martino
Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, Holy See
Sami Tchak
Writer, Togo
Sala Galatea, Stazione Marittima
The Middle East: Conflicts and Dialogue
Chairperson
Marco Impagliazzo
President of the Community of Sant’Egidio
Contributions
Kadija Bengana
Al Jazeera Presenter, Qatar
Massimo D’Alema
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Italy
Bernard Kouchner
Minister of Foreign Affairs, France
Miguel Ángel Moratinos Cuyaubé
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Spain
Ghassan Tuéni
President of Editions Dar An-Nahar, Lebanon
Aula Magna, Università Federico II
Faith and Science: the Face-off of our Times
Chairperson
Guido Trombetti
Rector of the University of Naples “Federico II”
Contributions
Athanasios
Metropolitan Bishop of the Orthodox Church of Greece
Francesco Paolo Casavola
President of the National Committee for Bioethics (CNB), Italy
Riccardo Di Segni
Chief Rabbi of Rome
Emma Fattorini
University of Rome “La Sapienza"
Emile Poulat
School of Social Science, France
Sergio Zavoli
Journalist and writer, Italy
Sala Italy, Castel dell’Ovo
Cities and the place of God
Chairperson
???
Contributions
Ahmad Al-Tayyeb
Rector of Al-Azhar University, Egypt
David Albert Beetge
Anglican Bishop, South Africa
Theodore Edgar Mc Carrick
Cardinal, Archbishop emeritus of Washington, USA
Serafim
Orthodox Metropolitan of the Patriarchate of Rumania
Lluis Martinez Sistach
Catholic Archbishop, Spain
Netanel Teitelbaum
Rabbi of Cologne, Germany
Sala Dione, Stazione Marittima
Latin America: Banishing Violence from the Future
Chairperson
Lucia Annunziata
Rai Journalist, Italy
Key-note Speakers
Rafael Correa Delgado
President of the Republic of Ecuador
Adolfo Pérez Esquivel
Nobel Peace Prize, Argentina
Testimonies
Jaime Aguilar
Community of Sant’Egidio, El Salvador
Pierre Dumas
Catholic Bishop, Haiti
Oscar Andrés Rodriguez Maradiaga
Cardinal, Archbishop of Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Sala Perseide, Stazione Marittima
Asia and Europe: Clash or Cooperation
Chairperson
Franco Mazzei
University of Naples “L’Orientale”
Contributions
Rajiv Dogra
Indian Ambassador to Italy
Patrick C.P. Ho J.P.
Hong Kong Government
Pierre Morel
Special Representative for Central Asia at the Council of the European Union
Raj K. Srivastava
Study Centre for Society Development, India
Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
President of the Senate, Kazakhstan
Gianni Vernetti
Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs, Italy
Sala Calipso, Stazione Marittima
The Mediterranean Sea, Faiths and Coexistence
Chairperson
Antonio Ferrari
Editorialist of “Il Corriere della Sera”, Italy
Contributions
Elias Chacour
Archbishop of the Melchite Greek Catholics, Israel
Pasquale Ciriello
Rector of the University of Naples "L'Orientale"
Shear-Yashuv Cohen
Chief Rabbi of Haifa, Israel
Stanislav Hocevar
Catholic Archbishop, Republic of Serbia
Jacques Huntzinger
Ambassador, France
Sufi Abu Talib
President Emeritus of the Parliament, Egypt
Sala Agave, Stazione Marittima
Earth and Man: Faiths and Cultures in Dialogue
Chairperson
Katherine Marshall
Councilor of the President of World Bank, USA
Contributions
Jean-Arnold de Clermont
President of the Conference of European Churches (KEK)
Emmanuel
Orthodox Metropolitan of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
Giuseppe Laras
President of the Assembly of Rabbis of Italy
Serge Latouche
Professor of Economic Science and the University of Paris XI, France
Franco Pasquali
Secretary General of Coldiretti, Italy
Carlo Petrini
Honorary President of Slow Food, Italy
Wolfgang Sachs
Environmentalist and Researcher at the Wuppertal Institute, Germany
Pozzuoli - Auditorium Diocesano
The Apostle Paul and the Cultures of the Mediterranean Sea
Chairperson
Gennaro Pascarella
Catholic Bishop, Italy
Contributions
Joachim Gnilka
Catholic Theologian, Germany
Armand Puig
Bible Scholar, Spain
Ponticelli - Chiesa dei SS. Pietro e Paolo
Alexander Ogorodnikov Bears a Witness to Love
Chairperson
Antonio Serra
Rector of the Major Seminary of Naples
Contributions
Alexander Ogorodnikov
President of the Christian Democratic Union, Russia
Scampìa
Islam and Peace
Chairperson
Parish priest (?)
Speaker
Ishaq Idriss Sakouta
Al-Sammaniyyah Islamic Confraternity, Egypt
Nola
The spirit of Assisi
Chairperson
Gennaro Ferrara
Rector of the University of Naples Parthenope
Contributions
Casian
Orthodox Bishop of the Patriarchate of Rumania
Jean Dominique Durand
Professor of Contemporary History at the “Jean Moulin” University of Lyon, France
Jürgen Johannesdotter
Lutheran Bishop, Germany
Leone Paserman
President of the Jewish Community of Rome, Italy
Mohammad Sammak
Political Advisor to the Grand Mufti of Lebanon
Ercolano - Villa Campolieto
Christians and Peace
Chairperson
Nino Daniele
Mayor of Ercolano
Contributions
Christophe D'Aloisio
President of Syndesmos, Belgium
Paul Grossrieder
Former Director General of ICRS, Switzerland
Voitto Huotari
Lutheran Bishop, Finland
Seraphim
Orthodox Archbishop of the Patriarchate of Alexandria
Torre Annunziata
Women: Faith versus Violence
Chairperson
Rosanna Russo
Theologian, Poor Daughters of Mary’s Visitation
Contributions
Marguerite Barankitse
Witness of the genocide and writer, Burundi
Tamara Chikunova
Witness of executions of people sentenced to death, Uzbekistan
Sylvie Bukhari de Pontual
FIACAT, France
Benevento
Religions in Dialogue
Chairperson
Aldo Giordano
Secretary General of the Council of European Bishops’ Conferences
Contributions
Mohammed Amine Smaili
Islamic Theologian of the University of Rabat, Morocco
Oded Ben-Hur
Ambassador of the State of Israel to the Holy See
Vsevolod Chaplin
Vice President of the Foreign Department of the Patriarchate of Moscow
George H. Freeman
Secretary General of the World Methodist Council
Tritan Shehu
"Zoja e Këshillit të mirë” University, Albania
Aversa - Cattedrale
The Orthodox Church and the Future of Ecumenism
Chairperson
Mario Milano
Catholic Bishop, Italy
Speaker
Kirill of Smolensk
Orthodox Metropolitan, Head of the Foreign Department, Patriarchate of Moscow
Amalfi – Cathedral
6.30 p.m.
Honorary Citizenship of Amalfi
and delivery of the relic of St. Andrew
to His Holiness Bartholomaios I, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
Tuesday 23 October
morning – 09.30 p.m.
Auditorium, Hotel Royal Continental
JERUSALEM…
Chairperson
???
Contributions
Wlodek Goldkorn
Journalist, in charge of the culture section of the “Espresso”, Italy
Sami Michael
Writer, President of the "Association of Civil Rights in Israel", Israel
Pierbattista Pizzaballa
Custodian of the Holy Land, Israel
Sabella (???)
Emile Shoufani
Melchite Catholic Church
Sala Galatea, Stazione Marittima
The Word of God in Christians’ Life
Chairperson
Ambrogio Spreafico
Rector of the Pontifical Urbaniana University
Contributions
Aram I
Armenian Catholicos of Cilicia
Chrysostomos II
Archbishop of New Justiniana and Cyprus
Ole Chr. M. Kvarme
Lutheran Bishop, Norway
Gregorios III Laham
Greek-Melchite Patriarch of Antioch
Telesphore Placidus Toppo
Cardinal, Archbishop of Ranchi, India
Aula Magna, Università Federico II
“Widespread Violence”: an Ominous Threat
Chairperson
John J. DeGioia
President of Georgetown University, USA
Contributions
Sylvie Bukhari de Pontual
FIACAT, France
Ibrahim Ezzeddin
Advisor to His Highness the President of the United Arab Emirates
Luigi Fusco Girard
University of Naples “Federico II”
Adolfo Pérez Esquivel
Nobel Peace Prize, Argentina
Ceija Stojka
Rom witness and writer, Austria
Celestin Twizere
Community of Sant’Egidio, Rwanda
Sala Italy, Castel dell’Ovo
The Civilization of Coexistence
Chairperson
Arrigo Levi
Consultant of the President of the Republic, Italy
Contributions
Aisha Al-Menn'ai
Dean of the Faculty of Sharia and Islamic Studies, Qatar
Marguerite Barankitse
Witness of the genocide and writer, Burundi
Mario Giro
Community of Sant’Egidio
Michaëlle Jean
General Governor of Canada
Tarek Mitri
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Lebanon
Françoise Rivière
Assistant Director General of UNESCO, France
Vladimir Ivanovich Yakunin
Chairperson of the World Public Forum, Russia
Sala Dione, Stazione Marittima
Faiths, War and Peace
Chairperson
Renato Raffaele Martino
Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, Holy See
Contributions
Asma Benkada
Program Producer, Qatar
Laurentiu
Orthodox Metropolitan of the Patriarchate of Rumania
Ishmael Noko
Secretary General of the World Lutheran Federation
Arthur Schneier
Chairperson of Appeal of Conscience Foundation, USA
Sala Perseide, Stazione Marittima
Family, a Resource for Everyone
Chairperson
Angelo Scelzo
Pontifical Council for Social Communications, Holy See
Contributions
Lorella Cuccarini
Association “Trenta Ore per la Vita”, Italy
Renzo Gattegna
President of the Union of the Jewish Communities of Italy
Siti Musdah Mulia
…………..…., Indonesia
Filipp Osacenko
Archbishop of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Patriarchate of Moscow
Savino Pezzotta
President of Fondazione per il Sud, Italy
Sala Calipso, Stazione Marittima
Japanese Religions…
Chairperson
???
Contributions
Korei Hamanaka
President of the Tendai Buddhist Denomination, Japan
Gensho Hozumi
Rinzai Zen Buddhism, Japan
Shoten Minegishi
Soto Zen Buddhism, Japan
Keishi Miyamoto
Secretary General of WCRP / JAPAN, Japan
Kunihiko Shimamoto
Oomoto, Japan
Yautaka Watanabe
Rissho Kosei Kai, Japan
Masami Yatabe
Jinjya-Honcho, Japan
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Meijii Jingu…..
Tuesday 23 October
afternoon – 5.30 p.m.
Piazza del Plebiscito
Prayer for Peace
5.30 p.m.
Prayers for peace
in different places, around Piazza Plebiscito
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Prayer
Prayer
Prayer
Prayer
of
of
of
of
the
the
the
the
Christians
Muslims
Jews
Buddhists
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Prayer
Prayer
Prayer
Prayer
of
of
of
of
the
the
the
the
Indian Faiths
Shinto
Oomoto
Tenri Kyo
7.00 p.m.
Procession of Peace
at the sound of the bells, leaving the places of prayer
and walking toward Piazza Plebiscito
7.30 p.m.
Final Ceremony
Piazza Plebiscito
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Conclusive remarks
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Testimonies
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Reading of the Appeal for Peace – Naples 2007
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Signing of the appeal and embrace of peace