International Conference : 15th to 17th May 2025 Centesimus Annus Pro Pontifice Foundation Vatican City 

Dear All,

I am pleased to attach also on behalf of our President, Prof. Paolo Garonna, the updated program of the 2025 General Assembly and the International Conference which will be held in the Vatican on 15th and 16th May 2025 (as already indicated in the previous email dated March 5th):

·  General Assembly, Thursday 15th May 2025: “How Catholic Social Thought Contributes to Responsible Leadership Dialogue and Cooperation in a Polarized World”

·  International Conference, Friday 16th May 2025: “Overcoming Polarizations and Rebuilding Global Governance: The Ethical Foundations”  

Please be be reminded that Holy Mass will be celebrated on Saturday 17th May in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Altar of the Chair and following which, being this the Jubilee Year of Hope, we will proceed through the Holy Door together as FCAPP community, before being received at the Apostolic Palace.

Please find also attached the updated registration form for the General Assembly and the International Conference, which we ask you to kindly send duly completed latest by 28th April 2025 to the following email address: eventi@foundation.va.

Thanking you for your attention and with best wishes.

Oliver Galea

General Secretary Fondazione Centesimus Annus Pro Pontifice

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The Ethical Foundations for Overcoming Polarizations and Rebuilding Global Governance: How Catholic Social Thought Contributes to Responsible Leadership Dialogue and Cooperation

Pontificio Istituto Patristico Augustinianum

Rome Via Paolo VI, 25

15 MAGGIO 2025

How Catholic Social Thought Contributes to Responsible Leadership Dialogue and Cooperation in a Polarized World

11.30 – 11.35: Welcome and Introduction

Paolo Garonna, President FCAPP

A General Assembly structured around a corporate and spiritual retreat, inspired by the Synodal method

11.35 – 11.55: Meditation

H.E. Msgr. Claudio Maria Celli, FCAPP International Ecclesiastical Counsellor

11.55 – 12.15: Key-note Address

H.E. Msgr. Giordano Piccinotti, President of APSA (download paper)

How to strengthen the cohesion and motivation of the FCAPP members and their stakeholders? How to provide leadership in highly polarized and transactional economies societies and polities? How to cope with the challenges and opportunities of the 21st century evangelization?

12.15 – 12.45: Case Studies and Best Practice

• Nathalie Becquart Xavière xmcj (Undersecretary of the Synod of Bishops, The Holy See)

• Sigrid Marz (President UNIAPAC – International Christian Union of Business Executives)

• Nigel Vaz (Publicis Sapient) CV

How do we form and spread “leadership”, build trust and promote dialogue, inspired by Catholic principles?

12.45 – 13.00: 2025 Report on the State of the Centesimus Annus Foundation

Oliver Galea, Secretary General FCAPP

Main results and prospects for the Foundation and its missions, at the central level and at the level of the different Chapters.

13.00 – 13.15: An Application of the Synodal Method to our Corporate and Spiritual Retreat

Giovanni Marseguerra, Coordinator of the FCAPP Scientific Committee

13.15 – 14.30: Working Lunch

14.30 – 16.30: Parallel Sessions

Session A

Artificial Intelligence and new technologies: How to guarantee the integrity of communication and build trust in a polarized world

Moderator: Msgr. Fr. Gianni Fusco (Professor at Lumsa University, Advocate of the Roman Rota).

Rapporteur: Rowena McNally (FCAPP Australia Chapter) and Alessandro Simoneschi (FCAPP Lugano Chapter).

Speakers:

Anna Maria Tarantola (Past President FCAPP),

Nigel Vaz (Publicis Sapient), Charaf Ahmimed (UNESCO) CV,

Oliver Roethig (Regional Secretary UNI Europa – The European Services Workers Union, FCAPP Advisory Board Member),

Mirella Mastretti (Computer scientist) CV,

Giacomo Mazzone (FCAPP Advisory Board Member) CV,

Ulrik Møller (Luxembourg Council of Christian Churches),

Cesare Trevisani (President JIACC – Joint Italian Arab Chamber of Commerce, FCAPP Advisory Board Member)

Session B

Research and training on Catholic Social Thought: new topics, gaps and opportunities for FCAPP

Moderator: Lawrence Gonzi (former Prime Minister of Malta, FCAPP Board of Directors Member).

Rapporteur: Danielle Morin (FCAPP Canada Chapter) and John Dalla Costa (Ethics and trust consultant, writer).

Speakers:

Domingo Sugranyes Bickel (Past President FCAPP),

Pietro Putetto (CEO Planet Smart City Advisory),

Paola Albrito (Director, United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – UNDRR) CV,

Stefano Baietti (Historian and Writer),

Stephen B. Young (Global Executive Director Caux Round Table for Moral Capitalism, FCAPP Advisory Board Member) CV,

Daniele Ciravegna (Professor in Economic Policy, University of Turin)

Session C

How to expand and spread FCAPP Membership, especially among Young People and in Vulnerable Countries

Moderator: Lord Daniel Brennan KC (FCAPP London Chapter) and Francesco Vanni d’Archirafi (FCAPP Board of Directors Member).

Rapporteur: Gert-Jan Boon (FCAPP Young Members group) and Paola Zuliani (FCAPP Venice Chapter).

Speakers:

Cristina Finocchi Mahne (Catholic University of Milan, FCAPP Scientific Committee Member) CV,

Thomas Rusche (FCAPP Advisory Board Member) CV,

Fr. Albert Alejo (Professor Pontifical Gregorian University),

Sebastian Panreck (Phd student and FCAPP scholarship award winner)

Session D

Fund Raising: How to channel resources towards FCAPP and support the Holy Father’s charitable activities

Moderator: Joseph Bonnici (Professor in Economics, former Governor of Central Bank Malta).

Rapporteur: Stephanie zu Loewenstein (FCAPP Germany Chapter).

Speakers:

Simone Scettri (FCAPP Board of Directors Member),

Lorenzo Rossi di Montelera (Past President FCAPP),

Patrick Brennan (Private and alternatives finance expert, London),

Egon Cholakian (Registered Foreign Agent, U.S. Department of Justice National Security Division and retired International Tax Attorney) CV

16.30: 18.00: Plenary Session

Presentation of the outcome of the group discussions by the Rapporteurs and general discussion.

18.00 – 18.20: Conclusions

H.E. Msgr. Andrea Migliavacca, FCAPP Ecclesiastical Counsellor, Italy (download paper)

What does it take to promote responsible leadership and constructive dialogue in fragmented communities.

A Camaldoli Retreat for the new Europe and the new World?

18.20 – 18.30: Sum up and follow up

19.00 – 21.00: Working Dinner on a voluntary basis for the groups of the parallel sessions groups

Self-organized, with possible support and advice from the members of the Rome Chapter’s members.

16 MAGGIO 2025

Overcoming Polarizations and Rebuilding Global Governance: The Ethical Foundations

9.00 – 9.05: Welcome

Paolo Garonna, President of FCAPP

9.05 – 9.25: Key-note Address

H.E. Card. Pietro Parolin, Secretary of State, Vatican City (download paper)

9.25 – 9.30: Introduction

Giovanni Marseguerra, Coordinator of the FCAPP Scientific Committee

9.30 – 10.30: I Session (plenary)

The Ethical Foundations of Global Governance: Towards a Renewed Agenda for Shared Prosperity, International Cooperation and Peacebuilding

Key-note Speakers

Matteo Bugamelli, Dean of the Board of Executive Directors, The World Bank Group

Rebeca  Grynspan,  Secretary-General  United   Nations   Conference  on   Trade  and Development (UNCTAD)

Kamal Kishore, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General (SRSG) for Disaster Risk Reduction, Head of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)

Rutendo Ngara, The Earth Elders, Representative of African Region (download paper – CV)

10.30 – 11.30: Focus: On Europe, Transatlantic Relations and the Ethics of Reform

A conversation with Nadia Calviño (President of the European Investment Bank, former Finance Minister of Spain) CV and with Pierre Gramegna (Managing Director of the European Stability Mechanism and former Minister for Finances of Luxembourg) CV

11.30 – 11.45: Coffee Break

11.45 – 13.00: Session II (parallel sessions)

Catholic Social Doctrine in the world and its contribution to global dialogue and cooperation

Based on Pope Francis’ approach to evangelization, the “inculturation” of Catholic Social Thought across the different parts of the developing, the emerging and the developed world

1. Africa – Between heaven and hell

Moderator: Fr. Giulio Albanese (Director of the Office for Social Communications and for Missionary Cooperation between Churches, Vicariate of Rome).

Rapporteurs: Robert Nalewajek (FCAPP Board of Directors Member, FCAPP USA Chapter) and Frederick Fakharzadeh (FCAPP USA Chapter).

Speakers:

Rym Ayadi (President Euro-Mediterranean Economists Association, Barcelona)  CV

Domenico Fanizza (Executive Director of the African Development Bank) CV

David Chaboryot (FCAPP Kenya Chapter),

Giuseppe Papaleo (President of Istituto Alti Studi Euro Mediterranei – IASEM) (download paper – download press release – link IASEM )

Summary of Parallel Session: Africa: Between Heaven and Hell

2. Asia – Tracing the autochthonous seeds of the Gospel in local cultures

Moderators: Fr. Albert Alejo (Pontifical Gregorian University).

Rapporteur: Christophe Deage (FCAPP Luxemburg Chapter, Chairman of Cœur Vert Luxembourg).

Key-note Speakers: H.E. Card. Silvano Tomasi, Deacon of San Nicola in Carcere.

Other speakers:

Benjamin Lee (FCAPP Hong Kong Chapter),

Fr. Robert McCulloch (Ecclesiastical Counsellor, FCAPP Australia Chapter),

Christina Kheng (Theologian, Singapore) CV,

Sergio Lugaresi (CESPI, former Asian Development Bank),

Pietro Putetto (CEO Planet Smart City Advisory),

Masaaki Nagai (The Earth Elders, Representative of the Asia Region),

Ambrogio Bongiovanni (Professor and Director of the Centre for Interreligious Studies, Pontifical Gregorian University) CV

3. Latin America – In search of unity

Moderator: Manuel Fitzmaurice (President of UNIAPAC Latin America).

Rapporteur: Domingo Sugranyes Bickel (Past President FCAPP).

Keynote Speaker: H.E. Card. Jaime Spengler (Porto Alegre, Brazil).

Other speakers:

Mindahi Crescencio Bastida Munoz (The Earth Elders, Chair and Convener) CV,

Roberto Panzarani (Vice-President of the Italo-Brazilian Friendship Association) CV

Rev.do Marcus Vinicius Brito de Macedo (1 ^st Section-State Secretariat, Holy See),

Fr. Diego Meza (Professor Pontifical Gregorian University) CV

4. Ethical challenges for dialogue in the western world

Moderator: Sergio Arzeni (President INSME, former OECD) CV.

Rapporteur: Paola Albrito (Director, United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – UNDRR) and Robert Leblanc (FCAPP Board of Directors and Paris Chapter).

Key-note speaker: H.E. Msgr. Mariano Crociata (President of the Committee of EU Bishops COMECE).

Other speakers:

Fr. Peter Lah (Dean of the Faculty of Social Science, Pontifical Gregorian University), Ulrik Møller (Luxembourg Council of Christian Churches),

Oliver Roethig (Regional Secretary UNI Europa – The European Services Workers Union and FCAPP Member),

Marco Ricceri (Eurispes, Roma) CV,

Cesare Trevisani (Former President of the Italo-Arab Chamber of Commerce, FCAPP Advisory Board Member)

13.00 – 14.00: Lunch

14.00 – 15.00: Discussion and conclusions – Parallel Sessions

15.00 – 16.00: Reports from the parallel sessions and general discussion – Plenary Session

16.00 – 18.00: III Session (plenary): The Social Doctrine of the Interreligious dialogue for peace and economic cooperation

The Social Doctrine of the Mediterranean. Interreligious dialogue for peace and economic cooperation Drawing on the new “Theology of the Mediterranean and from the Mediterranean” (the 2023 Manifesto issued in Marseilles) and Abrahamic inter religious dialogue, discussion on how to consolidate the ethical foundations for economic and social development and for peace in and from the Mediterranean

Le Manifeste: « Pour une théologie depuis la Méditerranée »

Main Speaker

H.E. Card. Jean-Marc Aveline, Archbishop of Marseilles and President of the French Episcopal Conference.

Panel

Scialom Bahbout, former Chief Rabbi of several Italian Jewish Communities, Italy CV

Fr. Patrice Chocholski, Director of the Catholic Institute of the Mediterranean, Marseilles, France CV

Massimo Gargiulo, Director of the “Card. Bea Center for Judaic Studies”, Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome, Italy CV

Ariela Mitri, Caritas, Albania

Recep Senturk, Dean of the College of Islamic Studies, Haman Bin Khalifa University, Doha, Qatar CV

Stephen B. Young, Global Executive Director Caux Round Table for Moral Capitalism and FCAPP Advisory Board Member (Moderator), USA CV

18.00 – 18.30: IV Session (plenary) Conclusions

Sum up and follow up

Paolo Garonna (President FCAPP)

Reading of concluding message addressed to the participants

H.E. Card. Jean Claude Hollerich, Archbishop of Luxembourg, Dicastery for Culture and Education, and for Interreligious Dialogue (download paper)

18.45 – 19.45: A short musical interlude at the Pontificio Collegio Teutonico di Santa Maria in Camposanto, Vatican City

19.45 – 21.45: Social Evening

17 MAGGIO 2025

8.00: Meeting Point

Petriano Gate Entrance, Piazza Sant’Uffizio

9.30: Private Audience of the Holy Father, Palazzo Apostolico

ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE LEO XIV TO MEMBERS OF THE “CENTESIMUS ANNUS PRO PONTIFICE” FOUNDATION

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Jubilee Year of Hope

The FCAPP Community will proceed together, passing over the threshold of the Holy Door, as Pilgrims in Faith

12.00: Holy Mass

Altare della Cattedra, Basilica of St. Peter

Celebrated by H.E. Cardinal Mauro Gambetti O.F.M.

 

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