John Paul II, a legislator of the Church: fundamentals, innovations and perspectives

Lugano on 22-23 March 2012 

The Symposium, jointly organized by the Foundation of John Paul II (The Centre for Research and Documentation of the Pontificate) and the Institute of Canon Law and Comparative Studies of Religion (Theological Faculty of Lugano), will be held in Aula Magna of the University of Italian Switzerland in Lugano, on 22-23 March 2012.

The symposium is to present the contribution of John Paul II in ecclesiastical law. During his pontificate two Codes of Canon Law for the Latin Church and the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches were promulgated. Did the Pope give the foundation for a new hermeneutics of ecclesiastical law? Did he open new perspectives for its application? These and similar questions will be answered by the invited guests, experts in the field of legal science.

Agenda

March 22, h. 14.30-15.30

The Opening Session

Prof Piero Martinoli (Rector, University of Italian Switzerland)

Cardinal Stanislaw Rylko (President of the John Paul II Fundation)

Introduction

Prof Rev. Libero Gerosa (Lugano)

John Paul II’s new hermeneutics of Canon Law

Session I, h. 16.00-18.00

Fundamentals of Anthropology and Ecclesiology in the legislative activity of John Paul II

Moderator: Prof Brian Ferme (Venice)

Prof Francesco D'Agostino

Man at the Center of Statutory Ecclesiastical Law by Pope John Paul II

Most Rev Bishop Juan Ignazio Arrieta (Vatican)

Ecclesiology of communion in the canonical codes of Pope John Paul II

March 23

Session II, h. 10.00-12.00

Innovations in the concordats during John Paul II’s pontifcate

Moderator: Prof Patrick Valdrini (Rome)

Prof Giuseppe Dalla Torre (Rome)

A synthetic look at the activity concerning the Concordats by John Paul II

Most Rev Bishop Tadeusz Pieronek (Cracow)

The concordat with Poland in the intentions of the Pope John Paul II

Prof Ombretta Fumagalli Caulli (Milan)

The Catholic Church and the European Union in the teaching of John Paul II

Session III, h. 15.30-17.30

Latin Code and Eastern Church Code in the ecumenical activity of John Paul II

Prof Andrea Riccardi (Rome)

Innovation and continuity introduced or confirmed by Pope John Paul II in relations between East and West

Most Rev Bishop Cyril Vasil (Vatican City)

Similarities and differences between the Latin Code and Eastern Church Code

Completion of the Symposium, h. 18.30-19.45

Moderator: Prof R. Pahud de Mortanges (Freiburg)

Greetings

Most Rev Archbishop Pier Giacomo Grampa (Bishop of the Diocese of Lugano)

Signore [Mr.] Giorgio Giudici (Mayor of Lugano)

Signora [Mrs.] Laura Sadis (the President of the Government of the Ticino Canton)

Music interlude.

Lectio magistralis

Cardinal Kurt Koch (Vatican)

The Legislative Activity of John Paul II and Christian Unity

Participation in the symposium is free of charge

Secretarial Office

Istituto DiReCom della Facoltà di Lugano

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