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At previous conferencesour guests were

Archbishop Celestino MiglioreApostolic Nuncioto the United Nationsin New York

Archbishop Józef ŻycińskiMetropolitan of Lublin

Franz FischlerMember of the EuropeanCommission for Agriculture

Jaś GawrońskiMember of the EuropeanParliament from Italy

Rev. Prof. Andrzej SzostekRector of the CatholicUniversity of Lublin

Archbishop Józef KowalczykApostolic Nuncio to Poland

Cardinal Attilio NicoraItalian Bishops�Conference

Stephen BillerEuropean Parliament,advisor to EPP

Prof. Danuta HübnerMinister for EuropeanAffairs in the PolishGovernment

Dr Piotr Nowina-KonopkaRector of the NatolinEuropean Centre

Prof. Wojciech ŚwiątkiewiczVice-Rector of the Universityof Silesia

Zbigniew SulewskiEconomist fromthe Adam Smith Centre

Rev. Noël TreanorSecretary General of theCommission of theBishops� Conferences ofthe European Community(COMECE)

Tadeusz MazowieckiFormer Prime Minsterof the Republic of Poland

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Aleksander KwaśniewskiPresident of the Republic ofPoland

Prof. BronisławGeremekFormer Ministerof Foreign Affairsof the Republic of Poland

Prof. Dr Hans-GertPötteringChairman of the EPP-EDGroup in the EuropeanParliament

Cardinal Jean-Louis TauranSecretary for Relations withStates of the Holy See

Prof. Norman Daviespublicist and historian

Prof. HannaGronkiewicz-WaltzVice-President of theEuropean Bankfor Reconstructionand Development

Horst LangesHonorary Presidentof the Robert SchumanFoundationin Luxemburg

Ursula StenzelMember of the EuropeanParliament from Austria

Jan TruszczyńskiChief negotiatorof Poland�s membershipin the EU

Prof. Aniela DylusCardinal StefanWyszyński Universityin Warszawa

Prof. Rocco ButtiglioneMinister for EuropeanAffairs in the Italiangovernment

Prof. WładysławBartoszewskiFormer Ministerof Foreign Affairsof the Republicof Poland

Cardinal AudrysJuozas BačkisMetropolitan of Vilnius

Elmar BrokMember of the EuropeanParliament fromGermany

Dr Jan KułakowskiFormer Plenipotentiaryof the Republic ofPoland, Poland�s chiefnegotiator for EUaccession

Rev. Prof. RemigiuszSobańskiChurch ConcordatCommission

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Cardinal Angelo ScolaPatriarch of Venice

Prof. Hanna SuchockaAmbassador of theRepublic of Polandto the Holy See

Peter LieseMember of the EuropeanParliament fromGermany

Prof. Leszek BalcerowiczPresident of the NationalBank of Poland

Archbishop Paul GallagherApostolic Nuncioto Burundi

Jacek Saryusz-WolskiVice-President of theEuropean Parliament

Cardinal Paul PoupardPresident of the PontificalCouncil for Culture

Prof. Irena LipowiczAmbassador of theRepublic of Polandto Austria

Carl AndersonSupreme Knight of theKnights of Columbus,USA

Bishop Josef HomeyerPresident of the Commission ofthe Bishops� Conferences ofthe European Community(COMECE)

Jan RokitaDeputy to the PolishParliament

Marek GrelaAmbassador of theRepublic of Polandto the EU

Dr Andrzej OlechowskiFormer Minister of ForeignAffairs of the Republicof Poland

Pier-Ferdinando CasiniPresident of the ItalianChamber of Deputies

Bishop Franjo KomaricaBishop of Banja Luka

Jerzy SwatońMinister of EnvironmentalProtection of the Republicof Poland

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Cardinal Dr StanisławDziwiszMetropolitan of Krakow

Prof. Hans J. MeyerPresident of the CentralCommittee of GermanCatholics

Ireneusz JabłońskiEconomist from theAdam Smith Centre

Henryka BochniarzPresident of the PolishFederation of PrivateEmployers

Prof. Jacques SanterMember of the EuropeanParliament, Presidentof the Robert SchumanFoundation in Luxemburg

WłodzimierzCimoszewiczMinister of ForeignAffairs of the Republicof Poland

Adam MichnikEditor-in-chiefof Gazeta Wyborcza

Prof. Józef PacynaDirector of the Europeanscale Centre forEcological Economicsat NILU (Norway)

Rev. Prof. Jan DyduchRector of the PontificalAcademy of Theologyin Crakow

Prof. Jerzy BuzekMember of the EuropeanParliament from Poland

Dr Helmut KohlFormer Chancellorof the Federal Republicof Germany

Cardinal Walter KasperPresident of the PontificalCouncilfor Promoting ChristianUnity

Archbishop TadeuszKondrusiewiczMetropolitan of Moscow,President of the Bishops�Conference of theRussian Federation

General MieczysławBieniekCommander-in-chiefof the MultinationalDivision in Iraq

Prof. Bernhard VogelPresident of the KonradAdenauer Foundation,former President ofThuringia

Cardinal Marian JaworskiRoman CatholicMetropolitan of Lvov

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Fr Dr Adam Wąs SVDArab Philologist, Centrefor Cultural and ReligiousDialogue in Pieniężno

Dr Andrzej AnaniczFormer Ambassadorof the Republicof Poland to Turkey

Dr Jan OlbrychtMember of the EuropeanParliament from Poland

Dr Naika ForoutanLecturer at the Universityin Göttingen

Cardinal FranciszekMacharskiMetropolitan of Krakow

Fr Prof. Emilio Platti OPExpert on dialogue withIslam, Leuven University

Prof. Alfred GrosserThe Sorbonne, publicistand political scientist

Alojz PeterleMember of the EuropeanParliament from Slovenia

Krzysztof BobińskiPublicist, expert of thePolish Instituteof International Affairs

Prof. Stefan MellerDiplomat, formerMinister of ForeignAffairs of the Republicof Poland, University ofWarsaw

Archbishop GiovanniLajoloSecretary for the HolySee�s Relations withStates

Dr Jacek CichockiCentre for EasternResearch

Rev. Prof. PiotrMazurkiewiczCardinal StefanWyszyński Universityin Warsaw

Archbishop Prof.Alfons NossolBishop of Opole

Jürgen WahlJournalist and publicist

Fr Dr Hans LangendorferSJSecretary-General of theGerman Bishops�Conference

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Ewa CzaczkowskaEditor, publicistof Rzeczpospolita

Archbishop EmanuelOrthodox Metropolitanof France

Roman GraczykJournalist and publicistof Tygodnik Powszechny

Maria MartensMember of the EuropeanParliament from theNetherlands

Dr Christoph BöhrVice-President of the CDU

Dr Jarosław GowinSenator of the Republicof Poland, Rectorof the Tischner EuropeanUniversity in Krakow

Dr Jan TombińskiAmbassador of theRepublic of Polandto the EU

Michael GahlerMember of the EuropeanParliament from Germany

Tomasz LisJournalist and publicist

Dieter AlthausPresident of Thuringia

Cardinal José da CruzPolicarpoPatriarch of Lisbon

Vincuk ViachorkaPresident of theBelarusian National Front

Jaime Mayor OrejaVice-Chairman of EPP-EDGroup in the EuropeanParliament

Dr Mariusz SiwońUN expert on Kosovo

Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone SDBSecretary of Stateof the Holy See

Bogusław SonikMember of the EuropeanParliament

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Prof. Lech KaczyńskiPresident of the Republicof Poland

Othmar KarasVice-Chairman of EPP-EDGroup in the EuropeanParliament

Paweł KowalFormer Deputy Ministerof Foreign Affairs of theRepublic of Poland

Dr Norbert LammertPresident of the Bundestag

Archbishop DiarmuidMartinPrimate of Ireland,Metropolitan of Dublin

Alexander MilinkevichLeader of the Belarusopposition

Dr Jerzy M. NowakFormer Ambassadorof the Republic of Polandto NATO

Marcin PrzeciszewskiPresident of the CatholicInformation Agency

Stephan RaabeDirector of the KonradAdenauer Foundationin Poland

Michał GóraJournalist

Andrzej SadowskiAdam Smith Centre

Semiha BorovacMayor of Sarajevo

Prof. Michał SerweryńskiFormer Minister of Scienceand Higher Educationof the Republic of Poland

Karl G. WellmanMember of the Bundestag

Marek ZającJournalist and publicistof Polskapresse

Marek OrzechowskiJournalist

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Prof. Gerald PillayVice-Chancellor andRector of the LiverpoolHope University

Fr Dr Bernhard FelmbergPlenipotentiary of the Councilof the Evangelical Church tothe German Government andthe European Union

Bronisław KomorowskiSpeaker of the PolishSejm

Cardinal Angelo SodanoDean of the Collegeof Cardinals

Dr Stephan EiselMember of the GermanBundestag

Waldemar PawlakFirst Deputy Prime Ministerof the Republic of Poland

Michel EddeFormer Ministerof Culture andHigher Educationin Lebanese government

Andrzej GrzybChairman of the SejmCommittee for EuropeanUnion Affairs

Lasha ZhivaniaChairman of theParliamentary Committeefor Foreign Affairs

Archbishop Reinhard MarxArchbishop of Munich andFreising

Cardinal Péter ErdöPrimate of Hungary

Jan FigelCommissioner of theEuropean Unionresponsible for Education,Training, Culture and Youth

Donald TuskPrime Ministerof the Republic of Poland

Mikołaj DowgielewiczSecretary of State in theOffice of the Committeefor European Integration

Lech WałęsaFormer Presidentof the Republic of Poland

Dr Janusz LewandowskiMember of the EuropeanParliament, EPP (ChristianDemocrats)

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Prof. Krzysztof RybińskiErnst&Young, former Vice--President of the NationalBank of Poland

Dr Werner LangenMember of the EuropeanParliament, EPP (ChristianDemocrats)

Prof. Georg MilbradtFormer Minister-Presidentof the Free State of Saxony

Prof. Jan MiodekDirector of the PolishPhilology Institute, theUniversity of Wrocław

Prof. Franciszek ZiejkaFormer rector of theJagiellonian University

Fr Adam BonieckiEditor-in-chief of theTygodnik Powszechny

Dr Michl EbnerMember of the EuropeanParliament, EPP (ChristianDemocrats)

Prof. Stanisław RodzińskiFormer rectorof the Academy of Fine Artin Krakow

Fr Paul TigheSecretary of the Presidentof the Pontifical Councilfor Social Communications

Bogdan ZdrojewskiMinister of Cultureand National Heritageof the Republic of Poland

Günter VerheugenVice President of theEuropean Commission,Commissioner of the EuropeanUnion responsible forEnterprise and Industry

Fr Prof. Dr Władysław ZuziakRector of the PontificalUniversity of John Paul IIin Krakow

Abp Dominik Duka OPArchbishop of Pragueand Primate of the CzechRepublic

Fr Prof. Dr Tomá� HalikCharles Universityin Prague

Dr Andrzej GrajewskiJournalist of theGość Niedzielny

Dr Maria FlachsbarthMember of the Bundestag

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Fr Prelate Dr EttoreBalestreroUndersecretary of Stateof the Holy See forRelations with States

Tunne KelamMember of the EuropeanParliament, Estonia

Ria Ooman-RuijtenMember of the EuropeanParliament, EPP (ChristianDemocrats)

Dr Filip KaczmarekMember of the EuropeanParliament, EPP (ChristianDemocrats)

György HölvényiSecretary Generalof the Robert SchumanFoundation in Luxemburg

Katarzyna WiśniewskaJournalist of theGazeta Wyborcza

Róża ThunMember of the EuropeanParliament, EPP (ChristianDemocrats)

Jean-Claude JunckerPrime Ministerof the Luxemburg

Jochannes ZellerMember of the EuropeanParliament, EPP (ChristianDemocrats)

Christian WulffPresident of the FederalRepublic of Germany

Christine LieberknechtPrime Ministerof the State Thuringia

Prof. Joaquin Navarro-VallsFormer Director of theVatican Press Office

John DalliEU Commissionerfor Health and ConsumerPolicy

Laszlo SzaszfalviState Secretary forChurch and MinorityAffairs and SocialRelations in Hungary

Fr Kazimierz SowaJournalist, publicistand director of Religia.tv

Roland FreudensteinDeputy director of CES,Former director of theConrad AdenauerFoundation in Poland

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Bishop Dr Piotr JareckiVice Chairmanof COMECE

Dr Wojciech OlejniczakMember of the EuropeanParliament, Socialists &Democrats

Dr Stefan VesperSecretary General of theCentral Committeeof German Catholics

Konrad SzymańskiMember of the EuropeanParliament, EuropeanConservatives andReformists Group, Poland

Jarosław MakowskiDirector of the CivicInstitute

Zbigniew Nosowskijournalist, columnist,Catholic activist,editor-in-chief of Więzi

Dr Christian Schmitzdirector of the KonradAdenauer Foundation inPoland

Zbigniew Derdziukpresident of the SocialInsurance Institution [ZUS]

Prof. Libero Gerosaprofessor of canon law,doctor of theology

Archbishop Jean-ClaudeHollerichArchbishop of Luksemburg

Klaus Otto Skibowskijournalist and writer,former adviser toChancellor of GermanyKonrad Adenauer

Cardinal Kazimierz NyczArchbishop of Warsaw

Romana De GasperiAlcide de GasperiFoundation in Rome

Maciej Gajekjournalist and press and TVpublicist

Krzysztof Zanussifilm and TV director

Tomasz Arabskichairman of the StandingCommittee of the Councilof Ministers in Poland

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José Ramos Ascensăo Jacek Protasiewicz Fr Carlos Simon Vazquez Bishop Tadeusz Szurman

Archbishop Henryk HoserFather Maksim Obuchow Prof. Marguerite Peeters Monika Sieradzka

Prof. Inga Iwasiów Andrzej GodlewskiProf. Pierpaolo Donati François Biltgen

Abp Dr FrancescoMontenegro

Flaminia Giovanelli Dr Cezary Kościelniak Fr Dr Leszek Gęsiak SJ

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Fr Dr Maciej Zięba OPFr Ziad Hilal SJ Prof. Paweł H. Dembinski Przemysław Radwan--Rohrenschef

Pascal Lejeune Katarzyna TraczFr. Jacek Stryczek

Artur Sporniak

Marcin Żyła

Prof. Adam Daniel Rotfeld Fr Dr Florian Kolfhaus Fr Dr Patrick Daly

Piotr ChęcińskiJos J.A.M. van Gennip Fr Prof. Wojciech Zyzak Bishop Dr JanuszStepnowski

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Dr Rafał Trzaskowski Cardinal Béchara BoutrosRai

Prof. Andrzej Zoll Dr Dominika Kozłowska

PhD., MD Anna Záborská Prof. Thomas Brose Prof. Samir Khalil Samir SJ Prof. Balázs Schanda

Rónán Mullen Oksana Yurynets Dr Patrycja Sasnal Archbishop Ivan Zoria

Jacek Stawiski

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The Role of the Catholic Churchin the European Integration Process

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