Friday, 27th November 2015

Friday, 27th November 2015
9:00 AM
10:00 – 11:30 AM
Holy Mass (Bishop's Palace in Krakow, ul. Franciszkańska 3)
Press conference in the Bishop's Palace with representatives of the Church of the Middle East and Africa,
Aid to the Church in Need, and our experts
Testimony of the persecuted
Polish presentation of the new Aid to the Church in Need report
Prof. Ryszard Legutko – Member of the European Parliament
Indication of the goals and objectives of the Congress
1:00 PM
Lunch (Łagiewniki)
2:00 PM
Closed working groups (Łagiewniki)
8:30 PM
Dinner
Saturday, 28th November 2015
7:00 AM
Holy Mass (Sanctuary of the Divine Mercy in Łagiewniki)
8:00 AM
Breakfast
9:00 AM
Ceremonial opening of the Congress:
His Eminence Cardinal Stanisław Dziwisz – Bishop of Krakow
His Excellency Archbishop Celestino Migliore – The Apostolic Nuncio to Poland
His Excellency Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki – President of the Episcopal Conference
Prof. Ryszard Legutko – Member of the European Parliament
9:20 – 9:40 AM
9:40 – 10:00 AM
10:00 – 12:00 AM
Short introduction on the emergence of Christianity in the Middle East
Polish presentation of the new Aid to the Church in Need report
Reverend Professor Waldemar Cisło – Director of the Polish Section of Aid to the Church in Need
Panel I - Testimonies
moderator: Fr. Andrzej Halemba
– Polish Bishops’ Conference Delegate on Missionary Affairs
Representatives of the Persecuted Church:
„The threat posed by Islamic State to the oldest Christian Churches”
– His Excellency Shlemon Warduni (Auxiliary Bishop of the Patriarchate of Babylon, Iraq)
„Sharia Law and persecution of Christians in Pakistan”
– His Excellency Archbishop Joseph Coutts (The Archbishop of Karachi, Pakistan)
„The Arab Spring and its influence on the situation of the Christians in Egypt"
– His Excellency Bishop Kyrillos Kamal William Samaan (Bishop of Assiut, Egypt)
„Demonic State persecutes Christians. The message of the Book of Apocalypse”
– Reverend Professor Henryk Witczyk (DABAR Foundation – Catholic Lublin University)
Saturday, 28th November 2015
1:00 – 2:00 PM
Lunch
2:00 – 4:00 PM
Panel II - Politics
moderator: Prof. Ryszard Legutko
Prof. Krzysztof Szczerski – Minister in the Cabinet of the President of Poland
Mr Konrad Szymański – Minister for European Affairs
Prof. Kazimierz Michał Ujazdowski – Member of the European Parliament
Mr Luca Volonte – Expert on human rights, Novae Terrae foundation
Dr. Krzysztof Strzałka – Assistant Professor, Institute of European Studies, Jagiellonian University
4:00 – 4:20 PM
Coffee break
4:20 – 4:45 PM
Presentation of the Ordo Iuris Report
4:45 – 6:45 PM
Panel III - Law
moderator: Reverend Professor Piotr Mazurkiewicz
– Secretary General of COMECE (2008-2012)
Prof. Aleksander Stępkowski – President of Ordo Iuris
Prof. Jane Adolphe – Ave Maria School of Law
Dr. Jose Luis Bazan – Legal Advisor, COMECE
Dr. Roger Kiska – Senior Legal Counsel at Alliance Defending Freedom
Mr Francisco Javier Borrego Borrego – former judge of the European Court of Human Rights
6:45 PM
Summary of the Congress – Prof. Ryszard Legutko
8:00 PM
Ceremonial dinner (Łagiewniki)