Bruxelles : Conférence sur le sort des Chrétiens au Moyen-Orient un an après le printemps arabe

Source : COMECE

Christians in the Arab World : One year after the Arab Spring

Wednesday 9 May 2012

16:30 – 19:00

European Parliament, Brussels

ASP 3E2

Programme

16:30  Welcome adress

Jan Olbrycht MEP (EPP Group)
Konrad Szymanski MEP (ECR Group)
Mgr Dr Joe Vella Gauci (COMECE)

16:40  Session I: Presentation of reports on Christians in the Arab World

Moderation by MEP – EPP

Speakers
Berthold Pelster, Aid to the Church in need,
Esther Kattenberg, Open Doors International,
Dr. Brian J Grim, Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life

Debate with MEPs

17:40  Session II: Testimonies by witnesses concerning the practice of Religious Freedom in the Arab World

Moderation by Mgr Dr Joe Vella Gauci (COMECE)

Witnesses
Dr Cornelius Hulsman, Editor of the Arab-West Report, Egypt
S.E. Mdr Samir Nassar, Maronite Archbishop of Damascus, Syria
Mgr Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Custody of the Holy Land, Jerusalem
Dr. Demianos Kattar, Former Minister of Financial Affairs, Lebanon

Debate with MEPs

18:45  Session III: Presentation of the Lebanon Conference Report by Mgr Prof. Piotr Mazurkiewicz, General Secretary of COMECE

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