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Cracow 2009

Greeting of pope Benedict XVI

NEWS 
JANUARY 30 2010
“We are distributing aid in the poorest areas of Port au Prince.” The sorrow and hopes of Haiti, from the voices of the people of the Community of Sant'Egidio engaged in rescue work.


JANUARY 29 2010
The Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, His Holiness Kirill, confers to Andrea Riccardi the Order of St. Sergius, one of the highest honors of the Orthodox Church


JANUARY 29 2010
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JANUARY 22 2010
Emergency Haiti: second mission of the Community of Sant'Egidio. From Monday begin new distribution of emergency aid in Port au Prince


JANUARY 18 2010
Haiti - Port au Prince: The Community of Sant’Egidio distributes emergency aid and pray for the victims in the city destroyed by the earthquake


JANUARY 18 2010
Mongolia: President Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj announces a moratorium on executions and resolutely moves toward the abolition of the death penalty


JANUARY 15 2010
Haiti: The Community of Sant’Egidio, which has already been present on the island for some time, is launching an aid program for the victims of the earthquake. DONATE ONLINE


JANUARY 14 2010
" MAY THE LORD HELP US LIVE TOGETHER" Prayer of the Community of Sant'Egidio and People of Peace in the Basilica of Santa Maria in Trastevere after the villence against immigrants in Rosarno (Southern Italy)





Programme

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SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 6 2009
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10:00Sanctuary of the Divine Mercy 
 Eucharistic Celebration
The Celebration will be accompanied by the performances of: The Mixed Choir of the Sanctuary of the Divine Mercy in Cracow, The Psalmodic Choir of the Pontifical University John Paul II in Cracow, The Student Orchestra of the Academy of Music in Cracow, directors: Krzysztof and Julia Michałek
Greeting
Marco Impagliazzo 
President of the Community of Sant’Egidio

Homily
Stanislaw Dziwisz 
Cardinal, Archbishop of Cracow, Poland

Serafim 
Orthodox Metropolitan, Romanian Patriarchate

12:00Sanctuary of the Divine Mercy 
 Live connection with the Angelus Prayer
Greeting
BENEDETTO XVI 


17:00Auditorium Maximum 
 Opening Assembly
I PARTE
Chairperson
Françoise Rivière 
Assistant Director-General for Culture of UNESCO

Welcome greetings
Karol Musiol 
Rector of the Jagiellonian University, Poland

Inaugural greetings
Stanislaw Dziwisz 
Cardinal, Archbishop of Cracow, Poland

Radosław Sikorski 
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland

Keynote address
Andrea Riccardi 
Community of Sant'Egidio

Contribution
Michel Camdessus 
Honorary Governor of the Bank of France

Musica
II PARTE
Chairperson
Hanna Suchocka 
Ambassador of Poland to the Holy See

Keynote address
José Manuel Barroso 
President of the Europian Commission

Contributions
Henri de Luxembourg 
Grand Duke of Luxembourg

Yves Sahinguvu 
Vice President of the Republic of Burundi

Filip Vujanović 
President of the Republic of Montenegro

David Rosen 
Chief Rabbi, Director of the Department for Interreligious Affairs of the AJC, Israel

Walter Kasper 
Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christians’ Unity, Holy See

Ahmad Al-Tayyeb 


 
MONDAY SEPTEMBER 7 2009
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09:30Słowacki Theatre 
 Panel 1 - Do Not Forget Auschwitz
At the end of the Panel an Award Ceremony will take place in which His Eminence Cardinal Stanisław Dziwisz will receive the Jan Karski Eagle prize
Chairperson
Ambrogio Spreafico 


Contributions
David Brodman 
Chief Rabbi of Savyon, Israel

Mieczyslaw Cisło 
Catholic Bishop, Poland

Mordechay Lewy 
Ambassador of Israel to the Holy See

Klaus Reder 
Community of Sant’Egidio, Germany

Martin Salm 
President of the „Memory, Responsibility and Future” Foundation, Germany

Michael Schudrich 
Chief Rabbi of Poland

Premiazione
Stanislaw Dziwisz 
Cardinal, Archbishop of Cracow, Poland

09:30Filharmonia Krakowska 
 Panel 2 - Memory and Prophecy: the Legacy of John Paul II
Chairperson
Marco Impagliazzo 
President of the Community of Sant’Egidio

Contributions
Michel Camdessus 
Honorary Governor of the Bank of France

Ewa Czaczkowska 
Journalist, Poland

Jürgen Johannesdotter 
Evangelical Bishop, Germany

Stanislaw Ryłko 
Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Laity, Holy See

Crescenzio Sepe 
Cardinal, Archbishop of Naples, Italy

Serafim 
Orthodox Metropolitan, Romanian Patriarchate

Franco Sottocornola 
Shinmeizan Centre for Inter-religious Dialogue, Japan

09:30Aula Collegium Novum UJ 
 Panel 3 - 70 Years After World War II, War is not a Destiny
Chairperson
Roger Etchegaray 
Cardinal, Vice Dean of the College of Cardinals, Holy See

Contributions
Jesus Delgado 
Secretary of msgr. O.A. Romero, El Salvador

Jan Maciej Dyduch 
Rector of the Pontifical University “John Paul II” in Cracow, Poland

David Hamid 


Tomokazu Hatakeyama 
Deputy Secretary General of WCRP-Japan

Heinrich Mussinghoff 
Catholic Bishop, Germany

Cornelio Sommaruga 
President Emeritus of the International Red Cross Committee, Switzerland

William F. Vendley 
Secretary General of WCRP International, USA

09:30Cracow City Hall – Hall A 
 Panel 4 - Europe’s Mission in the World 20 Years After 1989
Chairperson
Francis Martin-Xavier Campbell 
Ambassador of the United Kingdom to the Holy See

Contributions
Giuseppe Laras 
President of the Assembly of Rabbis of Italy

Pierre Morel 
Secretary General of the Council of the European Union

Paul Poupard 
Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Culture, Holy See

Filip Vujanović 
President of the Republic of Montenegro

Lech Wałęsa 
Former President of the Republic of Poland

Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul 
Minister of Cooperation, Germany

Franciszek Ziejka 
Former Rector of the Jagiellonian University, Poland

09:30Cracow City Hall – Hall B 
 Panel 5 - Latin America in a Globalized World
Chairperson
Matteo Zuppi 
Community of Sant’Egidio, Italy

Contributions
Geri Benoit 
Ambassador of Haiti to Italy

Alberto Bobbio 
Journalist, Italy

Fabiola Ruszczyk 
Catholic Church, Poland

Vincenzo Scotti 
Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Italy

Irineu Silvio Wilges 
Catholic Bishop, Brazil

Patricia Eugenia Ynestroza Navarrete 
Journalist of Vatican Radio

Alfredo H. Zecca 
Rector of the Catholic Pontifical University of Argentina

09:30Cracow City Hall – Hall C 
 Panel 6 - Market Society, Religions and the Challenge of Materialism
Chairperson
Antonio Ferrari 
Columnist, Italy

Contributions
Zbigniew Cichoń 
Member of the Polish Senate

John J. DeGioia 
President of the Georgetown University, USA

Olav Fikse Tveit 
Church of Norway

Policarpo 
Orthodox Archbishop, Ecumenical Patriarchate

Mohamed Raoundi 
University of Dar el-Hadith el-Hassaniya of Rabat, Morocco

Angelo Scelzo 
Pontifical Council for Social Communications, Holy See

Swami Shantatmananda 
Secretary General of Ramakrishna Mission of New Delhi, India

09:30Seminary of the Archdiocese of Cracow 
 Panel 7 - Dialogue of Faith and Culture
Chairperson
Vittorio Ianari 
Community of Sant’Egidio

Contributions
Adil Akmetov 
Senator of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Roberto Catalano 
Focolari Movement, Italy

Gregorios III Laham 
Greek Melkite Catholic Patriarch of Antioch

Aleksander Gudzowaty 
Businessman, Poland

Ronald Kronish 
Director of the Inter-religious Coordinating Council, Israel

Cemal Uşak 
Secretary General of the Inter-cultural Dialogue Platform, Turkey

09:30Franciscan Convent – Hall A 
 Panel 8 - Faiths and the Value of Life
Chairperson
Jean-Marie Bala 
Catholic Bishop, Cameroon

Contributions
Cherubina Zofia Bokota 
Catholic Church, Poland

Domenico Crupi 
Director General of “Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza”, Italy

Sohan Lal Gandhi 
Jainist, President of the Anuvrat Global Organization, India

Thero Gnanarama 
Principal Buddhist and Pali College of Singapore

Siti Musdah Mulia 
University Islam Syarief Hidayatullah of Indonesia

Gerhard Pross 
Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA), Germany

Oded Wiener 
Director General of the Grand Rabbinate, Israel

09:30Franciscan Convent – Hall B 
 Panel 9 - Faiths in Asia: Building a World Without Violence
Chairperson
Agostino Giovagnoli 
Community of Sant’Egidio

Contributions
Homi Dhalla 
World Zoroastrian Cultural Foundation, India

Jiso Giuseppe Forzani 
Soto Zen Buddhism, France

Moriyasu Ito 
Jiniya Honcho Shinto, Japan

Korei Hamanaka 
President of Tendai Buddhist Denomination, Giappone

Gensho Hozumi 
President of the Tendai Buddhist Denomination, Japan

Hironobu Katori 
Jinjya Honcho Shinto, Japan

09:30Dominican Convent 
 Panel 10 - Xenophobia and Philoxenia: Europe at a Crossroads
Chairperson
Jean Claude Petit 
President of the National Centre of the Catholic Press of France

Contributions
Edgar Busuttil 
Jesuit, Director of the Jesuit Centre Faith and Justice, Malta

Titos Christofides 
Secretary of State to the President of the Republic of Cyprus

Jaron Engelmayer 
Chief Rabbi of Koln, Germany

Niyazi Öktem 
University of Bilgi, Turkey

John Pelushi 
Orthodox Metropolitan Bishop, Church of Albania

Daniela Pompei 
Community of Sant’Egidio

09:30Aula Collegium Maius UJ 
 Panel 11 - Living Together in a Plural World
Chairperson
Maite Carpio 
Film Director, Italy

Contributions
Marcel Honorat Léon Agboton 
Catholic Archbishop, Benin

Christine Boutin 
Minister of Housing and City Affaires, France

Mario Marazziti 
Community of Sant’Egidio

Paul Youssef Matar 
Catholic Maronite Archbishop, Lebanon

Lluis Martinez Sistach 
Archbishop of Barcelona, Spain

16:30Słowacki Theatre 
 Panel 12 - John Paul II and the „Spirit of Assisi”
Chairperson
Roger Etchegaray 
Cardinal, Vice Dean of the College of Cardinals, Holy See

Contributions
Athanasios 
Orthodox Metropolitan of the Church of Greece

Jean Dominique Durand 
University of Lyon, France

Wahiduddin Khan 
President of the Islamic Centre of New Delhi, India

David Rosen 
Chief Rabbi, Director of the Department for Interreligious Affairs of the AJC, Israel

Gijun Sugitani 
Supreme Advisor to the Tendai Buddhist Denomination, Japan

16:30Filharmonia Krakowska 
 Panel 13 - Africa, Land of Opportunity
Chairperson
Gérard Testard 
President of Fondacio, France

Contributions
Jean Michel Debrat 
Direttore Generale aggiunto dell’Agenzia Francese per lo Sviluppo

Mario Giro 
Comunità di Sant’Egidio

Honoré Guié 
President of Radio Télévision Ivorienne (RTI), Cote d’Ivoire

Janina Ochojska 
President of Polish Humanitarian Action, Poland

Serapio Rukundo 
Minister of Cultural Heritage, Uganda

Yves Sahinguvu 
Vice President of the Republic of Burundi

Hamidou Sall 
International Organization of French-speaking Communities, France

16:30Aula Collegium Novum UJ 
 Panel 14 - 1989: A Peaceful Transition
Chairperson
Tadeusz Pieronek 
Catholic Bishop, Poland

Contributions
Luigi Geninazzi 
Journalist, Italy

Hans-Henning Horstmann 
Ambassador of Germany to the Holy See

Ioan 
Orthodox Archbishop, Romanian Patriarchate

Grzegorz Ryś 
Rector of the Catholic Seminary of Cracow, Poland

Vincenzo Scotti 
Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Italy

Lech Wałęsa 
Former President of the Republic of Poland

16:30Cracow City Hall – Hall A 
 Panel 15 - Humankind’s Spiritual Quest in a Time of Economic Crisis
Chairperson
Lluis Martinez Sistach 
Archbishop of Barcelona, Spain

Contributions
Michel Camdessus 
Honorary Governor of the Bank of France

Daniel Deckers 
Journalist, Germany

Katherine Marshall 
Senior Advisor of the World Bank, USA

Kosho Niwano 
Rissho Kosei-kai, Japan

Theodore Edgar Mc Carrick 
Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Washington, USA

Françoise Rivière 
Assistant Director-General for Culture of UNESCO

Aleksander Surdej 
Expert in Economics, Poland

16:30Cracow City Hall – Hall B 
 Panel 16 - No to the Death Penalty: No Justice Without Life
Chairperson
Cornelio Sommaruga 
President Emeritus of the International Red Cross Committee, Switzerland

Contributions
Tamara Chikunova 
Activist for the abolition of the death penalty, Uzbekistan

Marco Gnavi 
Community of Sant’Egidio, Italy

Moshe Lewin 
Rabbi, Advisor to the Central Consistory of France

Jean Mbarga 
Catholic Bishop, Cameroon

Armand Puig 
Dean of the Theological Faculty of Catalonia, Spain

Masamichi Tanaka 
Oomoto Denomination, Japan

16:30Cracow City Hall – Hall B 
 Panel 17 - Religions and Global Health of the World: the Rebirth of Africa
Chairperson and Speaker
Crescenzio Sepe 
Cardinal, Archbishop of Naples, Italy

Contributions
Benoit Alowonou 
Catholic Bishop, Togo

Joshua DuBois 
Director of White House Office of Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships

Abdoul Aziz Kebe 
University of Dakar, Senegal

Kone Idriss Koudouss 
President of the Islamic National Council of Cote D’Ivoire

Jean-Pierre Kutwa 
Catholic Archbishop, Cote d’Ivoire

Ishmael Noko 
Secretary General of the World Lutheran Federation

Seraphim 
Orthodox Archbishop of the Patriarchate of Alexandria

16:30Seminary of the Archdiocese of Cracow 
 Panel 18 - Christian Unity, for the World to Believe
Chairperson
Vincenzo Paglia 
Catholic Bishop, Italy

Contributions
Johan Jozef Bonny 
Catholic Bishop, Belgium

Jean-Arnold de Clermont 
Pastor of the Reformed Church, Francia

German 
Orthodox Metropolitan Bishop, Moscow Patriarchate

Policarpo 
Orthodox Archbishop, Ecumenical Patriarchate

Mary Tanner 
Co-President of the World Council of Churches, United Kingdom

Vasilios 
Orthodox Metropolitan Bishop, Church of Cyprus

Anders Wejryd 
Lutheran Archbishop of Uppsala and Primate of Sweden

16:30Franciscan Convent – Hall A 
 Panel 19 - The Power of Prayer Over History
Chairperson and Speaker
Vladimir Gaudrat 
Catholic, Abbot of Lérins, France

Contributions
David Brodman 
Chief Rabbi of Savyon, Israel

Thero Gnanarama 
Principal Buddhist and Pali College of Singapore

Jerzy Pańkowski 
Orthodox Bishop, Church of Poland

Siti Musdah Mulia 
University Islam Syarief Hidayatullah of Indonesia

Andrzej Napiórkowski 
Catholic Theologian, Poland

Alexander Ogorodnikov 
Witness of the Gulag Deportations, Russian Federation

16:30Dominican Convent 
 Panel 20 - Martyrdom and Resistance to Evil
Chairperson and Speaker
Mar Gregorios Yohanna Ibrahim 
Metropolitan of the Syrian Orthodox Church

Contributions
Marguerite Barankitse 
Witness of the genocide, Burundi

Filipp Roman Osadchenko 
Archbishop of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Patriarchate of Moscow

Jürgen Johannesdotter 
Evangelical Bishop, Germany

Piotr Libera 
Catholic Bishop, Poland

Norvan Zakarian 
Orthodox Archbishop, Armenian Patriarchate of Etchmiadzin

Angelo Romano 
Rector of the Basilica of St.Bartholomew in Rome, Italy

16:30Franciscan Convent – Hall B 
 Panel 21 - The Scriptures in Monotheistic Faiths
Chairperson and Speaker
Gregorios III Laham 
Greek Melkite Catholic Patriarch of Antioch

Contributions
John C. A. Barrett 
President of the World Methodist Council, Singapore

Mohammed Esslimani 
Islamic theologian, Saudi Arabia

Joachim Gnilka 
Catholic theologian, Germany

Łukasz Kamykowski 
Catholic Theologian, Poland

Ole Chr. M. Kvarme 
Lutheran Bishop, Norway

Michael Schudrich 
Chief Rabbi of Poland

16:30Aula Collegium Maius UJ 
 Panel 22 - Faith and Science
Chairperson
Alberto Bobbio 
Journalist, Italy

Contributions
Augusto Forti 
Vice-President of „Ideasolidarité”, France

Hassan Hanafi 
Università del Cairo, Egitto

Masahiko Iburi 
General Director of Tenrikyo, Japan

Giuseppe Laras 
President of the Assembly of Rabbis of Italy

Paul Poupard 
Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Culture, Holy See

 
TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 8 2009
event
11:00Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp 
 Memorial Ceremony
Silent March along the rail tracks and Memorial Ceremony at the Monument for the Victims of Nazi-fascism
Greetings
Tadeusz Rakoczy 
Vescovo di Bielsko-Zywiec

Witness
Israel Meir Lau 
Ex Rabbino Capo - Sopravvissuto dek campo di concentramento di Auschwitz

Ceija Stojka 
Gipsy, Survived from Nazi Concentration Camps, Austria

Final
17:15Old Town 
 Meetings of Prayer
The various Religious Communities gather in different places, in the centre of the Old Town, for their prayer
17:15Old Town 
 Christian Prayer
Meditation
Olav Fikse Tveit 
Church of Norway

Policarpo 
Orthodox Archbishop, Ecumenical Patriarchate

Crescenzio Sepe 
Cardinal, Archbishop of Naples, Italy

18:30Old Town 
 Procession of Peace
The believers leave the places of prayer and walk together to the Market Square
18:45Market Square 
 Final Ceremony
Contribution
Stanislaw Dziwisz 
Cardinal, Archbishop of Cracow, Poland

Andrea Riccardi 
Community of Sant'Egidio

Musica
Gijun Sugitani 
Supreme Advisor to the Tendai Buddhist Denomination, Japan

Marguerite Barankitse 
Witness of the genocide, Burundi

Joshua DuBois 
Director of White House Office of Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships

Musica
19:20Market Square 
 Minute of silence in memory of all the victims of war, terrorism and violence.
19:25Market Square 
 Proclamation of the APPEAL for PEACE 2009
Religious leaders handle the Appeal in the hands of children of various nationalities. The children, on behalf of all generations, give it to ambassadors and authorities representing all nations of the world.

19:40Market Square 
 Intervention
Contribution
Lluis Martinez Sistach 
Archbishop of Barcelona, Spain

19:45Market Square 
 Lighting of the candleholders and signing of the APPEAL FOR PEACE 2009
19:50Market Square 
 The ceremony ends with the exchange of a sign of peace
 


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