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Monday 8

9.00 - 10.15 Nature and Mission: What Is the Catholic Church? Rev. Prof. Philip Goyret, Pontifical University of the Holy Cross.

10.15 - 10.45 Coffee break

10.45 - 12.00 The Whole and Its Parts: How the Church Is Organized. Rev. Prof. Brian Ferme, St. Pius X Institute of Canon Law, Venice.

Tuesday 9

17.00 Encounter: The Holy Office: Myths and Reality. Msgr. Charles Brown, Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.

Wednesday 10

17.00 Encounter: Ambassadors to a Church? Mr. Francis Campbell, British Ambassador to the Holy See.

Thursday 11

9.00 -10.00 Facing the New Bioethical Challenges. Marta Bertolaso, University Campus Bio-Medico, Rome.

10.00 - 10.15 Coffee break

10.15 - 11.15 You Are What You Pray: Liturgical Issues in the Church. Rev. Cassian Folsom, Monastery of San Benedetto, Norcia.

Friday 12

9.00 - 10.15 The Common Good and the Justice Agenda: Social Doctrine of the Church Today. Msgr. Anthony Frontiero, Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace.

10.15 - 10.45 Coffee break

10.45 - 12.00 Islam and the Catholic Church. Rev. Prof. Maurice Borrmans, M. Afr, Pontifical Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies.

Saturday 13

9.00 - 10.15 The Long Shadow of Galileo: Science and the Church. Rev. Prof. Rafael Martínez, Pontifical University of the Holy Cross.

10.15 - 10.45 Coffee break

10.45 -12.00 Theological Keys to Joseph Ratzinger's Thought. Card. James Francis Stafford, Apostolic Penitentiary.