CITY AND UTOPIA 2

Roma | 21 September 2012
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The President Michele Capasso took part in the second edition of the "City and Utopia" exhibition, which became necessary to expand the themes just touched upon in the first. The setting was the same: putting together a mix of painting, photography, architecture, comics, cinema, contaminating the various arts, trying to create a short circuit between reality and utopia.

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Pope Benedict XVI signs the post-Synodal Exhortation: Christians in the Middle East must find the essence of their faith again; pardon must prevail over revenge, love over hatred. The Fondazione Mediterraneo attended the event.

Beirut | 16 September 2012
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Several members of the Fondazione Mediterraneo took part in this historic event together with the Latin Patriarch, Fouad Twal, at which the text of the “Post-Synodal Exhortation” was cited in the name of peace, dialogue and collaboration between Christians and Muslims. President Capasso referred to the more than 70 appeals launched by Pope John Paul II for the Lebanon and his visit of 1997, at which the Holy Father made a historic speech in Freedom Square, comparing Beirut to Sarajevo. “It is essential to forgive and start trusting in one another again.” More than 350,000 people attending sustained Pope Benedict XVI as he reiterated that “Peace could not be achieved in the Middle East until each person recognized his neighbor as a brother and not as his enemy”. The test of the Exhortation is important for many reasons, especially those relating to the links between religion and politics (paras. 29 and 30) and laity, etc.

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DECLARATION OF ANNA LINDH FOUNDATION ON THE DIFFUSION OF THE FILM "THE INNOCENCE OF MUSLIMS" AND VIOLENCE IN THE REGION

Alessandria – Napoli | 15 September 2012
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The Fondazione Mediterraneo, Head of the Italian Network of the Anna Lindh Foundation, shares the declaration and disseminates it through its networks.

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DELEGATES AT THE CONFERENCE ON COMBATING TRAUMA IN TURIN AROUND THE TOTEM FOR PEACE

Napoli | 12 September 2012
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Ambassador Risi, General Sebastiano, President Capasso and other speakers at the conference standing in front of the Totem for Peace by Molinari , which has been permanently located at the Scuola Militare Nunziatella as a symbol of peace among peoples.

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