Agenda
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2015 |
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| 4:00-4:30 p.m. |
WELCOMING REMARKS Daniel Philpott, University of Notre Dame |
| 4:30-4:45 p.m. |
OFFICIAL GREETING His Excellency Paul Richard Gallagher, Secretary for Relations with States of the Vatican Secretariat of State |
| 4:45-5:05 p.m. |
KEYNOTE ADDRESS His Beatitude Louis Raphael Sako, Chaldean Catholic Patriarch of Babylon and Head of the Chaldean Catholic Church |
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5:05-5:25 p.m. |
KEYNOTE ADDRESS His Beatitude Mor Ignatius Youssef III Younan, Patriarch of Antioch and All the East for the Syriac Catholic Church |
| 5:25-5:55 p.m. |
KEYNOTE ADDRESS Andrea Riccardi, Community of Sant'Egidio |
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2015 |
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| 8:00-8:45 a.m. |
REGISTRATION & REFRESHMENTS |
| 8:45-9:00 a.m. |
OFFICIAL GREETING AND REFLECTION His Eminence Metropolitan Athenagoras, Exarch of Benelux |
| 9:00-9:30 a.m. |
KEYNOTE ADDRESS His Eminence Charles Cardinal Bo, Archbishop of Yangon, Burma |
| 9:30-11:00 a.m. |
PANEL: FINDINGS FROM THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA Moderator: Christian Sahner, University of Cambridge Speakers: Christian van Gorder, Baylor University |
| 11:00-11:15 a.m. |
COFFEE BREAK |
| 11:15-11:45 a.m. |
KEYNOTE ADDRESS His Grace Bishop Angaelos, General Bishop of the Coptic Orthodox Church in the United Kingdom |
| 11:45-1:00 p.m. |
KEYNOTE CONVERSATION: THE TRAVAIL OF RELIGIOUS LIBERTY IN THE AMERICAS AND EUROPE Moderator: Ken Starr, Baylor University Keynote Panelist: Msgr. Tomas Halik, Czech Christian Academy Speakers: Paul Marshall, Hudson Institute |
| 1:00-2:15 p.m. |
LUNCH |
| 2:15-3:30 p.m. |
PANEL: THE LEGACY OF DIGNITATIS HUMANAE Moderator: Timothy Samuel Shah, Georgetown University Speakers: George Weigel, Ethics and Public Policy Center |
| 3:30-3:45 p.m. |
COFFEE BREAK |
| 3:45-5:15 p.m. |
PANEL: FINDINGS FROM SOUTH ASIA Moderator: Chad Bauman, Butler University Keynote Panelist: Paul Bhatti, Advisor to the Prime Minister of Pakistan for Minority Affairs Speakers: Reginald Reimer, Expert on Christianity in Vietnam and Laos |
| 8:00-9:00 p.m. |
ECUMENICAL PRAYER SERVICE FOR THE MARTYRS Location: Basilica of San Bartolomeo |
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2015 |
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| 8:00-8:30 a.m. |
REFRESHMENTS |
| 8:30-10:00 a.m. |
PANEL: PERSECUTION AND PEACE IN AFRICA Moderator: Fr. Angelo Romano, Pontifical Urban University Keynote Panelist: The Most Reverend Archbishop Benjamin and Gloria Kwashi, Anglican Church of Nigeria Speakers: Fr. Bernard Kinvi, Director of the John Paul II Hospital, Central African Republic |
| 10:00-10:15 a.m. | COFFEE BREAK |
| 10:15-11:45 a.m. |
PANEL: FINDINGS FROM CHINA AND POST-SOVIET COUNTRIES Moderator: Kent Hill, World Vision Keynote Panelist: Right Rev. Borys Gudziak, Ukrainian Eparchial Bishop in France, Benelux, and Switzerland Speakers: Karrie Koesel, University of Notre Dame |
| 11:45-12:45 p.m. | LUNCH |
| 12:45-2:15 p.m. |
PANEL: RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION THROUGH THE EYES OF CHRISTIAN WOMEN Moderator: Mariz Tadros, Sussex University Panelists: Helen Berhane, Eritrean Gospel singer |
| 2:15-2:30 p.m. | COFFEE BREAK |
| 2:30-3:45 p.m. |
PANEL: THE POLITICAL AND POLICY CHALLENGES TO ADVANCING INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM Moderator: Allen Hertzke, University of Oklahoma Speakers: Hon. Mary Ann Glendon, Harvard University and former US Ambassador to the Holy See |
| 3:45-4:15 p.m. |
CONCLUDING ADDRESS: RESPONDING TO PERSECUTION: THE WAY FORWARD Carl Anderson, Knights of Columbus |
| 4:15-4:45 p.m. |
SYNTHESIS OF CONFERENCE & PROJECT FINDINGS Daniel Philpott, University of Notre Dame |