Rimini,  august, 23-29
Thirty years of wideranging dialogue and culture

Three decades, rich with encounters, events, performances and testimonies.
This year's edition will not disappoint. Here's a preview of the program...
The Meeting for Friendship Among Peoples celebrates its thirtieth anniversary: thirty years of encounters, events, and performances on the national and international level that have always left their mark. Most importantly, these thirty years of testimonies have shown that Christianity is a life always in movement that encounters all those who have at heart the happiness of man.
This thirtieth Meeting, entitled,
This thirtieth Meeting, entitled, “Knowledge is Always an Event”, will offer an interesting and impressive lineup of encounters and guests. Speaking on the central theme will be
Cardinal Antonio Rouco Varela of Madrid, Fr. Juli·n CarrÛn, and Carmine Di Martino. In the scientific field, two Nobel prizewinners, John Mather and Charles Townes, together with Yves Coppens
, will speak on
, will speak on “The Event of Scientific Discovery,” while
 Owen Gingerich
, former Professor of Astronomy and History of Science at Harvard and Senior Astronomer Emeritus at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, will host the presentation of the exhibit on Galileo. Speaking on
, former Professor of Astronomy and History of Science at Harvard and Senior Astronomer Emeritus at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, will host the presentation of the exhibit on Galileo. Speaking on “Human Rights and Elementary Experience” will
be Mary Ann Glendon, former American Ambassador to the Holy See and Learned Hand Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, together with Robert George,  McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence at Princeton University, and Paolo Carozza, Associate Professor of Law at the University of Notre Dame.
The testimonies arrive from throughout the world: from the United States, with Carl Anderson, Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus, and Joseph T. Kassab, Director of the Chaldean Federation in America; from Sierra Leone, with Ernest Sesay, responsible for the Family Homes Movement; from Ecuador, with Amparito Espinoza; from Brazil, with Marcos and Cleuza Zerbini, responsibles for the Sem Terra Movement; from Italy, with JosË Berdini, responsible for the PARS drug addiction recovery centers.
For the
For the “Encounters With” section, there will be the opportunity to meet public figures such as
Joseph Weiler
, Strauss Professor of Law at NY University
, Strauss Professor of Law at NY University’s School of Law, and
Harry Wu, Chinese dissident and Director of the Laogai Research Foundation. 
The inaugural performance will be  the play Miguel MaÒara, by Oscar Milosz. Other performances include that of Alfredo Minucci, whose songs from Naples tell stories of love and hope. The American composer David Horowitz has been entrusted with the concert in honor of Claudio Chieffo. In Rimini, particular importance is given to exhibits. This year, they will tell about Galileo, Saint Augustine, Paraguay, the birth of the Christian basilica, and much more.
In the meantime, the Meeting is celebrating its thirty years with a series of international presentations. Following the May 5th event in Paris at UNESCO, and the ones in Brazil (on May 21st in Rio de Janeiro, and on May 22nd in S„o Paolo), on June 3rd, t
here will be the first presentation of the Meeting in the United States, in Washington, DC, at the Italian Embassy, with a round table including Mary Ann Glendon. In Italy, on May 15th, Giancarlo Cesana will host a gathering entitled,
here will be the first presentation of the Meeting in the United States, in Washington, DC, at the Italian Embassy, with a round table including Mary Ann Glendon. In Italy, on May 15th, Giancarlo Cesana will host a gathering entitled, “The Meeting of Rimini: Thirty Years of Dialogue.” The second event in Italy will be in late May, at the Italian Embassy to the Holy See. On July 3rd, the final presentation will be held in San Marino.

 (P. B.)