Program​

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Monday 6

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8.30 – 9.00

Registration

 

9.00 – 9.45

Welcome & Introduction

Rev. Prof. John Wauck, Pontifical University of the Holy Cross

 

9. 45 – 11.00 

Nature and Mission: What Is the Catholic Church?

Rev. Prof. Paul O’Callaghan, Pontifical University of the Holy Cross

 

10.00 – 10.30
Coffee break

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11.30  - 12.45

The Whole and Its Parts: How the Church Is Organized

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12.45 – 13.15

Greetings 

Rev. Prof. Hector Franceschi, Vice-Rector Pontifical University of the Holy Cross 

 

13. 15 – 15.00

Lunch

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15.30 - 17.00

ENCOUNTER with “Vaticanisti”

Patricia Thomas, Associated Press

John Thavis, Catholic News Service

 

17.00 – 19.00

ENCOUNTER
Church Diplomacy: The Vatican Secretariat of State

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Tuesday 7 

 

8.30 - 12.00 

Visit to the Sistine Chapel and St. Peter’s Basilica

Prof. Elizabeth Lev, Duquesne University

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12.30 – 13.30

ENCOUNTER
The Press Office of the Holy See

Rev. Federico Lombardi , Director

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17.00 – 19.00

ENCOUNTER
The Holy Office: Myths and Reality

Msgr. Charles Brown, Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

 

Wednesday 8

 

10.30 – 12.00

Papal Audience
(St. Peter’s Square)

13.00 – 14.45 

 

Visit to the Vatican Scavi
-  13.00 (Group 1)
-  13.15 (Group 2)

 

17.00 – 19.00

Canonical Trials in the Church

Msgr. Charles Scicluna, Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

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Thursday 9

 

9.00 - 10.30

Facing the Stem Cell Biotech Frontier

Prof. Angelo L. Vescovi, Università Bicocca Milano & Cerebral Stem Cell Bank, Terni

 

11.00 – 11.30 
Coffee break

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11.00 – 12.30

Catholic Identity and Public Life

Card. James Stafford, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary

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13.15 – 15.00

Work Lunch. The Church in Africa

Msgr. Fortunatus Nwachukwu, Head of Protocol Vatican Secretariat of State

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17.00 – 19.00

ENCOUNTER
Anglicans and the Catholic Church.  Newman’s Beatification

Jack Valero, Spokesperson for Newman’s Beatification

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Friday 10

 

9.00 – 10.30

The Challenge of Poverty

Card. Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson, PresidentPontifical Council for Justice and Peace

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10.30 – 11.00

Coffee break

 

11.00 – 12.30

Pius XII and the Jews and Other Current Controversies

Rev. David Jaeger, OFM, Pontifical Athenaeum Antonianum

 

13.15 – 15.00

Work Lunch. Christian Minorities in Troubled Lands

Michele Zanzucchi, Director Città nuova

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17.00 – 19.00

ENCOUNTER
Bible, Gospels and Gnosticism

Rev. Prof. Bernardo Estrada, Pontifical University of the Holy Cross

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Saturday 11

 

9.00 – 10.00

The Natural Sciences in the Work of Theologians

Rev. Prof. Rafael Martínez, Pontifical University of the Holy Cross

 

10.30 – 11.30

Economic Justice and the Catholic Church

Prof. Stefano Zamagni, University of Bologna

 

10.30 – 11.00
Coffee break

 

11:30 – 13:00 

Presenting Pope Benedict XVI to the World

Presentation of the book, “Attack on Ratzinger” by Paolo Rodari and Andrea Tornelli

 

13.15 – 15.00

Work Lunch

The Catholic Church and the Digital World

Msgr. Lucio Ruiz, Head of the Vatican Internet Office

Prof. Daniel Arasa, Pontifical University of the Holy Cross

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Sunday 12

 

9.15

Day Trip. Subiaco

(return by 19.00)

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13.15 – 15.00

Work Lunch. Communication for Worldwide Church Events 

Yago De La Cierva, Executive Director, World Youth Day Madrid, 2011