CARITÀ POLITICA WEDNESDAY

• January 26 Wednesday 5 p.m.
  Modernity, Postmodernity and Ethical Perspectives
  Emo e Rmo Card. Paul Poupard, President of the Pontifical Council of Culture
  H.E. Mr. Abdelouhab Maalmi , Ambassador of Morocco to the Holy See
  
  The meeting between tradition and modernity is one of the most difficult challenges of our time. This dialogue between old and new will largely shape the future of the younger generations. It deals with a dialogue that calls for a greater reflection, an in-depth analysis and a wise balance, since the stakes are high. On one hand, there may be the temptation to seek refuge in forms of nostalgia closed to what is positive in the contemporary world; on the other hand, nowadays there is a strong desire to prefer syncretism and the absence of a kind of modernity in an uncritical way. These discussions are meant to be a multiform phenomenon of the cultural life of the Diplomatic Corps to the Holy See. They follow the shift from reflection on the role of being Ambassadors to the Holy See, to the desire to cooperate in the building of a fairer and more supportive world.

• February 9 Wednesday 5 p.m.
  The Gospel read by Pope John Paul II
  Testimonies by writers from different countries of the world on the thought and work of the Supreme Pontiff
  Introduction
  Father Joseph Joblin, sj, Author of the Catholic periodical “Civiltà Cattolica”
  H.E. Mr. Jul Bushati, Ambassador of Albania to the Holy See

• February 23 Wednesday 5 p.m.  
  Modernity, Postmodernity and Ethical Perspectives
  H.E. Mr. José Bernardo Domingos Quiosa , Ambassador of Angola to the Holy See
  H.E. Mr. Karl Bonutti, Ambassador of Slovenia to the Holy See

In moments of strong cultural tension, it is better to listen more to poets and writers than to the "technicians" of progress. They are artists who feel more clearly and strongly the perennial questions of men about the meaning of present and future life and about their mutual relationship.

• March 8 Ash Wednesday 5 p.m.
  Carità Politica World Day
  Presentation “ Carità Politica letter about the Office of Ambassadors to the Holy See”.
  On Ash Wednesday, 1995, the first World Day of Carità Politica was celebrated. From year to year, it has been established as a productive experience of reflection and common planning.

Introduction
Emo e Rmo Card. Vincenzo Fagiolo, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts

H.E. Sig. Stefan Frankiewicz, Ambassador of Poland to the Holy See 

• March 29 Wednesday 5 p.m.
  Modernity, Postmodernity and Ethical Perspectives
  H.E. Mr. Armen Sarkissian, Ambassador of Armenia to the Holy See
  H.E. Mr. César Iván Feris Iglesias, Ambassador of the Dominican Republic to the Holy See
  Lent reminds us of the forty days when Jesus went into the desert to prepare his public life. Ash Wednesday should be a day of reflection and conversion for politicians and other social workers to better exercise their public service.

• April 12 Wednesday 5 p.m.
  A Window on Italy
  A contribution to the Italian knowledge through the testimony of the great national personalities. An overlook of Italy beyond economic and political, scientific and technical criteria.
  Introduction
  H.E. Mr. Raniero Avogadro, Ambassador of Italy to the Holy See

• April 26 Wednesday 5 p.m.
  Modernity, Postmodernity and Ethical Perspectives
  H.E. Mr. Marijan Sunjic, Ambassador of Croatia to the Holy See
  H.E. Mr. Mohamed Hussein Said El-Sadr, Ambassador of Egypt to the Holy See
  
  The desire to know each other, to share material goods as well as ideas, experiences and opportunities are at the basis of intercultural dialogue. A certain attitude of openness towards others is also a guarantee for democratic cohabitation.

• May 3 Wednesday
  Creativity, Faith, Work
  Reshaping human work in relation to creativity and faith that can deeply understand reality.
  Introduction
  Prof. Enrique Colom  , Pontifical University Santa Croce, Rome
  H.E. Mr. Husein-Fuad Mustafa-Kabazi  , Ambassador of Libya to the Holy See

• May 24 Wednesday 5 p.m.
  Modernity, Postmodernity and Ethical Perspectives
  H.E. Mr. Mark Edward Pellew, Ambassador of Great Britain to the Holy See
  H.E. Mr. Teodor Baconsky, Ambassador of Romania to the Holy See
  Work, as an expression of faith and creativity, is able to arouse emotions, to evoke memories, to inspire reflections in the heart of the most careful and touched people to the rhythms of life and human daily life.

• June 7 Wednesday
  Third Millenium- Pictures of the Future
  Exhibition of paintings and handmade products from all over the world. A way of participating in the suffering, enjoying, living of others, in the world of affairs. In each painting the ethos of a people, between the past legacy and the projects of the future. A terrific instrument of dialogue and respect between peoples.
  Introduction
  Emo e Rmo Card. Paul Poupard  , President of the Pontifical Council for Culture

• June 21 Wednseday 5 p.m.
  Modernity, Postmodernity and Ethical Perspectives
  H.E. Mr. Mohammad Hadi Abde Khoda’i  , Ambassador of Iran to the Holy See
  H.E. Mr. Raniero Avogadro  , Ambassador of Italy to the Holy See
  
  This art pilgrimage is meant to be in perfect contiguity with the pilgrimages as strong moments of the path of a humanity that wants to be more and more deeply united. It is a pilgrimage that lasts for the future; a pilgrimage of beautiful and new things, that are worthy of recognition.

• July 6-8
  Waiting for the Sun of Future
  This art pilgrimage is meant to be in perfect contiguity with the pilgrimages as strong moments of the path of a humanity that wants to be more and more deeply united. It is a pilgrimage that lasts for the future; a pilgrimage of beautiful and new things,that are worthy of recognition.
  Introduction
  Father Jean-Yves Calvez, sj, Centre Sèvres, Paris
  Father Joseph Joblin, sj, of the Catholic periodical “Civiltà Cattolica”
  The Church has great respect and preference for the employment world, which is by right part of the Church, but because of atheistic forces and unpleasant events has been separated from the Church, creating an absurd and unnatural divide.

• August 6 Wednesday
  Life looks for life

Internationally renowned artists will perform music programmes accompanied by poetry readings. A song for all those who, in every part of the world, sacrifice themselves for others with love, achieved in solidarity, in generosity of spirit. A sharing of all the stories, all the experiences, all the sufferings to confide, all the joys to tell.

A show of music and poetry in order not to lose the memory and therefore the bond with our roots. 

• September 13 Wednesday 5 p.m.
  Modernity, Postmodernity and Ethical Perspectives
  H.E. Mr. Jean Guéguinou  , Ambassador of France to the Holy See
  H.E. Mr. Husein-Fuad Mustafa-Kabazi  , Ambassador of Libya to the Holy See

• September 27 Wednesday 5 p.m.
  Domus Carità Politica
  “Casa del Dialogo” feast between all peoples with the participation of civil and religious personalities from all over the world.
  It will be the house where representatives of all peoples and religions will meet to look for what is true, good and just for every man and every society. A "bridge" between history that comes from afar and the culture of mutual understanding that faces the future. A spiritual centre in which all the nations of the world feel at home. A symbol and a reality of a path of cohabitation among the Peoples in the name of Peace.

• October 5-7
  10th International Week of Social Doctrine
  Members of various religions will meet to provide "a synthesis of the Universal Social Teaching". This document will help members of the different religions to better understand the importance of this doctrine. The aim is to prepare a saddlebag, a baggage not only for believers but also for people in good will in their adventure marked by the problems of 2000 in the economic, financial, political, social and cultural fields. Through the comparison of social practice in the great religions, the aim is to tend towards "principles of reflection", "criteria of judgement" and "directives of action" which will allow today's people to interpret events in the same way and to provide themselves with common rules of moral conduct.

• October 25 Wednesday 5 p.m.

Modernity, Postmodernity and Ethical Perspectives
H.E. Mr. Ghennadi Uranov, Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the Holy See
H.E. Mr. Yang-il Bae, Ambassador of Korea to the Holy See

The challenges of the new millennium call for a common ethical responsibility, which only in religions can obtain the obligatory characteristics of unconditionality and universality. Beyond all differences, the religious heritage is a common wealth and protection of man as an individual and as a community.

• November 6 Wednesday
  Games’ lure
  Game, charity and philantropy in the religious culture at the end of the millennium.
  Introduction
  Father Gino Concetti, Pontifical University “Antonianum”

• November 29 Wednesday 5 p.m.
  Modernity, Postmodernity and Ethical Perspectives
  H.E. Mr. Vlatko Kraljevic, Ambassador of Bosnia Herzegovina to the Holy See
  H.E. Mr. Raymond Tai, Ambassador of the Republic of China to the Holy See
  In a society dominated by the mass media, the game triumphs in all its recreational, social and economic aspects.

• December 13 Wednesday 5 p.m.
  Et in Roma ego
  Testimonies of personalities to say to those who will come after us: et in Roma ego, in this great jubilee. Pages full of notes, curiosities, reflections, not secondary pieces of the history of an extraordinary event.

Let us look beyond.

If one is right in recalling a specific moral duty in the exercise of modern technology, freeing it from totalitarian bait, one is wrong in completely rejecting utopia. It is not only bait that hides real difficulties and risks or even moral problems. To quote Tommaso Moro: there is also a political utopia, a necessary hope.

We walk attracted by light.

Writers, artists, politicians and diplomats "tell" the Rome of 2000: religiosity, culture, events, characters.