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Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki |
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Complementing the series of talks, the exhibition When Values Come to Life will be shown all day. A child-care service is available.
All program items except the Holy Mass take place in Maternussaal, Maternushaus, Kardinal-Frings-Str. 1-3, 50668 Köln.
Friday, 26 February 2016
| 19.30 | Flight and Freedom. The Role of Religion in the Question of Refugees in Germany Prof. Dr. Ahmad Milad Karimi, Professor of Kalām, Islamic Philosophy and Mysticism at Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster |
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Saturday, 27 February 2016
| 10.30 | Welcome Address Fr. Dr. Gianluca Carlin, President of the Rhine Meeting |
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| 10.45 | The Truth Will Set You Free Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Müller, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Rome |
| 14.30 | Free Action and Free Decision. Examples from Working Life Dr. Adolf Diefenhardt, general consultant doctor at St. Joseph’s House, Rheinfelden Stephan Neuhoff, former director of the Cologne fire brigade |
| 17.00 | Freedom and Identity. Social Perspectives Prof. Dr. Russell Ronald Reno, editor of the journal First Things, New York John Waters, Columnist with the Irish Independent, Dublin Moderation: Prof. Dr. Franz Reimer, Professor of Public Law and Legal Theory, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen |
| 20.30 | Jazz Concert Big Band, St.-Ursula-Gymnasium Brühl |
Sunday, 28 February 2016
| 10.00 | Holy Mass
in St. Ursula, Main celebrant: Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki, Archbishop of Cologne |
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| 11.30 | The Choice of Abraham and the Challenges of the Present Video of a conversation at the Meeting for the Friendship Among Peoples in Rimini Prof. Dr. Joseph H. H. Weiler, President of the European University Institute, Florence Fr. Prof. Julián Carrón, President of the Fraternity of Communion and Liberation, Professor of Introduction to Theology, Katholische Universität Mailand |
| 14.30 | Freedom and Responsibility of the Person Friedrich-Leopold Graf zu Stolberg Stolberg, Presiding Judge of the District Court in Görlitz Dr. Frank Wendt, teacher at the Institute of Forensic Psychiatry, Berlin |
| 15.30 | Conclusion Fr. Dr. Gianluca Carlin, President of the Rhine Meeting |
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06 Nov 2016
The Rhine Meeting 2017 will show an exhibition of photos by Barbara Klemm.
05 Nov 2016
The editor of the reformed journal Ecclesia, Dr. Huib Klink, has confirmed his participation for 2017.
04 Nov 2016
The Presentations 2016 by Prof. Dr. Russell Ronald Reno and John Waters are online.
17 Oct 2016
Prof. Dr. Mouhanad Khorchide, director of the Centre for Islamic Theology at the University of Münster, has confirmed his participation for 2017.
02 Oct 2016
The catholic archbishop of Moscow, Dr. Paolo Pezzi, has confirmed his participation for 2017.
