Opening Ceremony

Chairperson

Angelika Wagner Community of Sant’Egidio, Germany
• Intervento di Angelika Wagner IT | DE	text

Greetings

Felix Genn Catholic Bishop of Münster, Germany
• Intervento di Felix Genn IT | ES | DE	text

Markus Lewe Mayor of Münster
• Intervento di Markus Lewe IT | DE	text

Message from

Papa Francesco
• Message of H.H. Francis IT | EN | DE | ES | FR | PT	text

Introduction

Andrea Riccardi Historian, Founder of the Community of Sant'Egidio	biography
• Speech of Andrea Riccardi IT | DE | ES | FR | EN | PT | JA	text

Angela Merkel Chancellor of the German Federal Republic
• Intervento della Cancelliera Angela Merkel DE | IT	text

Mahamadou Issoufou President of the Republic of Niger
• Intervento di Mahamadou Issoufou IT | FR	text

Antonio Tajani President of the European Parliament	biography
• Discorso di Antonio Tajani IT | DE	text

Ahmad Muhammad Al-Tayyeb Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, Egypt
• Intervento di Ahmad Muhammad Al-Tayyeb IT | AR	text

Intervallo Musicale

Contributions

Jeffrey D. Sachs Director of the Earth Institute, Columbia University, USA

Witness

Alba Ruiz de Andrés Community of Sant’Egidio, Spain
• Speech of Alba Ruiz de Andrés IT | EN | ES | DE	text

Contributions

John X Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East
• Address of His Beatitude John X IT | EN | ES | DE | JA	text

Avichai Apel Rabbi of Frankfurt, Germany	biography
• Intervento di Avichai Apel IT | DE | ES	text

Kosho Niwano President of Rissho Kosei Kai Buddhism, Japan
• Speech of Kosho Niwano IT | EN | JA	text