EUROPE:
MANY CULTURES HEADING FOR
POLITICAL
AND ECONOMIC UNION
Tuesday
15 – Wednesday 16 May 2001
Hotel
Continental, Bucharest, Romania
| Chairman |
His
Eminence Cardinal Paul Poupard,
President of the Pontifical Council for Culture, Holy See
|
| Moderators |
Father
Bernard Ardura,
O.Praem.,
Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Culture, Holy See
Mrs. Sabine Habersack,
Director of the Konrad Adenauer
Foundation’s Bucharest office |
Tuesday 15 May
| 9.00 |
A
word of welcome from:
S.E. Răzvan
Theodorescu,
Minister for Culture of Romania
Representative of the Romanian Orthodox Patriarch
Archbishop Ioan Robu
of Bucharest
Archbishop
Jean-Claude Périsset,
Apostolic Nuncio in Romania
Mrs.
Sabine Habersack,
Director of the Konrad Adenauer
Foundation’s Bucharest office |
| 9.50 |
Talk
by His Eminence Cardinal Paul Poupard,
President of the Pontifical Council for Culture (Holy See): Introduction
to the theme of the Seminar
|
| 10.30 |
Coffee
break
|
| 11.00 |
Dr.
Herbert Schambeck,
former President of the Bundesrat
(Austria), The States and Nations
which are Europe: a cultural challenge for political union
Debate
|
| 12.00 |
End
of session
|
| 12.30 |
Lunch
|
| 15.30 |
Mrs.
Sabine Habersack,
Director of the Konrad Adenauer
Foundation’s Bucharest office, After
political reunification in Germany: the challenge of the economy and the
path of cultural dialogue.
Debate |
| 17.00 |
Coffee
break
|
| 17.30 |
His
Excellency Mr. Jean Guéguinou,
French Ambassador, The plurality
of cultures and their impact on the new political map of Europe.
Debate |
| 19.00 |
Evening
meal
|
Wednesday 16 May
| 9.00 |
His
Excellency Mr. János Perényi,
Ambassador of Hungary to the Council of Europe, Cultural minorities in the constitutions and laws of Member States: a
cultural challenge for the Council of Europe
Debate |
| 10.30 |
Coffee
break
|
| 11.00 |
Dr.
Manfred Lohmann,
Director of the Konrad Adenauer
Foundation’s Ukraine office, Experiences of Church-State dialogue in Ukraine
Debate |
| 12.30 |
Lunch
|
| 16.00 |
Archbishop
Franc Rodé
of Ljubljana (Slovenia), The
challenge of proclaiming and inculturating the Gospel in different
cultures
Debate |
| 17.30 |
Coffee
break
|
| 18.00 |
Father
Bernard Ardura,
O. Praem., Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Culture,
and Mrs. Sabine Habersack,
Director of the Konrad
Adenaeur Foundation’s Bucharest office, Conclusions
|
| 19.00 |
Evening
meal
|
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