The Church Up Close
Covering Catholicism
in the age of Benedict XVI
Program
Monday 6
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
11.30 - 12.45
The Whole and Its Parts: How the Church Is Organized
12.45 – 13.15
Greetings
Rev. Prof. Hector Franceschi, Vice-Rector Pontifical University of the Holy Cross
13. 15 – 15.00
Lunch
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
Tuesday 7
8.30 - 12.00
Visit to the Sistine Chapel and St. Peter’s Basilica
Prof. Elizabeth Lev, Duquesne University
12.30 – 13.30
ENCOUNTER
The Press Office of the Holy See
Rev. Federico Lombardi , Director
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
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
11.00 – 12.30
Catholic Identity and Public Life
Card. James Stafford, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary
13.15 – 15.00
Work Lunch. The Church in Africa
Msgr. Fortunatus Nwachukwu, Head of Protocol Vatican Secretariat of State
17.00 – 19.00
ENCOUNTER
Anglicans and the Catholic Church. Newman’s Beatification
Jack Valero, Spokesperson for Newman’s Beatification
Friday 10
9.00 – 10.30
The Challenge of Poverty
Card. Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson, PresidentPontifical Council for Justice and Peace
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
17.00 – 19.00
ENCOUNTER
Bible, Gospels and Gnosticism
Rev. Prof. Bernardo Estrada, Pontifical University of the Holy Cross
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
Sunday 12
9.15
Day Trip. Subiaco
(return by 19.00)
13.15 – 15.00
Work Lunch. Communication for Worldwide Church Events
Yago De La Cierva, Executive Director, World Youth Day Madrid, 2011