INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE:
Drugs and Addictions: An Obstacle to Integral Human Development
29-30 November – 1 December 2018
New Hall of the Synod – Vatican City

THURSDAY, 29 NOVEMBER 2018

7.45

Arrival and Registration

OPENING SESSION

General Moderator
Rev. Msgr. Bruno Marie Duffé
Secretary, Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development (Holy See)

9.00

Prayer
Welcoming Remarks
His Eminence Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson
Prefect, Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development(Holy See)
Opening Remarks………………………….
Ministry of Health (Italy)
Mr. Olivier Onidi
Deputy Director-General of the Directorate-General for Migration and Home Affairsof the European Commission (Belgium)

I SESSION: GENERAL OVERVIEW

9.30

OPENING ADDRESS: The drug phenomenon today and the International
Conventions on Drugs
Mr. Gilberto Gerra
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Chief of Drug Prevention and Health Branch, Division for Operations, UNODC,
Vienna (Austria)

10.00

Production and Trafficking of Drugs: the situation in the various regions of theWorld
Mr. Antonio Mazzitelli
Regional Representative UNOCD Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean(Austria)

10.30

The drug phenomenon: the European situation
Mr. Alexis Goosdeel
Director, European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA)(Portugal)

10.50

Coffee breakModerator:
Prof. Talitha Vassalli di Dachenhausen
Professor of International Law, University of Naples Federico II (Italy)

11.10

The Holy See and the Ratification of the International Conventions on Drugs
Msgr. Janusz S. Urbańczyk
Permanent Observer Mission of the Holy See to the United Nations (Austria)

11.30

New Psychoactive Substance……………………………….
Carabinieri NAS, Rome (Italy)

11.50

Prevalence of New Psychoactive Substances in Northeast Asia: Challenges andStrategies
Prof. Jih-Heng Li
Professor at the School of Pharmacy, Kaohsiung Medical University (Taiwan)

12.10

Discussion

13.00

Final Session
Lunch in the Foyer of the Paul VI Audience Hall

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II SESSION: ADDICTIONS

Moderator:
Prof. Nicolò Pisanu
President, University Institute of Psychopedagogical and Social Sciences, "Progetto
Uomo" of the Italian Federation of Therapeutic Communities-FICT (Italia)

15.00

The Mark of “Craving” – Basis of every Addiction
Dr. Umberto Nizzoli
Member of the National Commission of Experts on Addiction andProfessor, University Institute – IPU (Italy)

15.20

Internet Addiction Disorders: From the Present to the Future
Prof. Mary AikenCyberpsychologist, Adjunct Associate Professor at University College Dublin,
Geary Institute for Public Policy, and an Academic Advisor to the European Cyber
Crime Centre (EC3) at Europol (Ireland)

15.40

Gambling Addiction and the Internet
Ms. Tanaka Noriko
President, “Society Concerned About Gambling Addiction” (Japan)

16.00

Coffee break

16.20

Sex Addiction and Addiction to Pornography
Dr. Peter C. Kleponis, Ph.D.
Licensed Clinical Therapist and Assistant Director of Comprehensive Counselling
Services in Conshohocken, PA (USA)16.40

Discussion

18.00

Conclusion

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FRIDAY, 30 NOVEMBER 2018
III SESSION
THEOLOGICAL, ANTHROPOLOGICAL AND ETHICAL-PASTORAL DIMENSIONS

Moderator:
Prof. Tonino Cantelmi
Psychiatrist, University Tor Vergata of Rome (Italy)

9.00

Prayer

9.10

Becoming a true neighbor to the other in the moment of crisis
Rev. Vincenzo Sorce
Founder and President of “Casa Famiglia Rosetta”(Italy)

9.30

Health and Pastoral Care in Addictions: Context and CounselingRev. Antonio Mancini, M.I.
Professor, International Institute of the Pastoral Theology of Health Care
“Camillianum” (Italy)

9.50

Video Presentation: “The Stone Rejected”
Dr. Alessandro Zaccuri
Author, Journalist, Special Envoy of “Avvenire” daily newspaper (Italy)

10.10

Coffee break

IV SESSION: PREVENTION–EDUCATION

Moderator:
Dr. Angela Sollami
Psychologist in charge of the Psychopathology Service for young people andadolescents at the Italian Center for Solidarity – Ce.I.s. (Italy)

10.30

Round Table: Prevention and Education in the Battle Against Addictions
Prevention as an Educational Dimension – 15’
Mr C. C. Joseph
Director, Fourth Wave Foundation (India)
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The Role of the Family and School – 15’
Prof. José Ramón Fernández Hermida
Professor of Psychology, University of Oviedo (Spain)

Prevention in Contemporary Society – 15’
Dr. Immaculate Nanziri
Senior Social Worker/Monitoring and Evaluation Officer–Uganda Youth Development Link-UYDEL (Uganda)

The Media and Communication – 15’
Prof. Pier Cesare Rivoltella
Professor of Didactics, Education Technology and Learning at the Catholic University of
Milan and Director of the Research Center for Media Education, Information andTechnology – CREMIT (Italia)

11.30

Presentation of the project on drugs abuse prevention
H.E. Mrs. María Elvira Velásquez Rivas-Plata
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Perù to the Holy See (Italy)

V SESSION: CARE - REHABILITATION(continued into afternoon)
Moderator:
Attorney Luciano Squillaci
President, Italian Federation of the Therapeutic Communities (Italy)

11.50

Round Table: Care and Rehabilitation(Round Table on Care and Rehabilitation continues into the afternoon)
Healing Addictions: Recovery Pathways – 15’
Dr. Linda Nilsson
Secretary General, World Federation Against Drugs-WFAD (Sweden)
Drugs and Other Addictions: Experiences and Strategies – 15’
Brother Hans Stapel, OFM
Founder, Fazenda da Esperança (Brasile)

12.20

Discussion

13.00

Final Session
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Lunch in the Foyer of the Paul VI Audience Hall

V SESSION (continued)14.30

Round Table: Care and Rehabilitation
Addictions and Paths to Rehabilitation – 15’
Rev. Ivan Filipovic
Comunità Cenacolo (Italy)
Rehabilitation and Integration into Society and the Workplace – 15’
Dr. Marcos Randle
President of CEYTEC Foundation (Argentine)
Drugs and Addictions in the Background of Young People – 15’
Dr. Chiara Amirante
Foundress, President of “Nuovi Orrizonti” Communities (Italy)

15.15

Some Proposals from the Therapeutic Communities
Dr. Sushma Taylor
President of the World Federation of Therapeutic Communities (U.S.A.)

15.30 Coffee break

VI SESSIONCONTRIBUTION OF THE LOCAL CHURCHES AND ORGANIZATIONS

Moderator:
Rev. Aldo Buonaiuto
Comunità Giovanni XXIII (Italy)
15.50

Round Table: The Commitment of the Church in the Battle Against Addictions:Best Practices
NORTH AMERICA
Dr. MC Sullivan RN MTS JD – 10’
Chief Healthcare Ethicist for the Archdiocese of Boston. Director of the Initiative for
Palliative Care and Advance Care Planning (USA)LATIN AMERICA
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Rev. Fr. Gabriel Mejía Montoya – 10’
Founder of the Colombian Federation of the Terapeutic Communities (Colombia)
Magister Roberto Moro -10’
Secretary of State for Integral Policies on Drugs (Argentine)
Rev. Fr. Carlos Olivero – 10’
Coordinator of the “Hogar de Cristo” (Argentine)

AFRICA
Dr. Anita Appiah – 10’
Coordinator, Community and Institutional Care, National Catholic Health Service of
the Ghana Catholic Bishops Conference (Ghana)
ASIA
Rev. Fr. Roberto D. Dela Cruz – 10’
Coordinator of Sanlakbay Community, Manila (Philippines)

EUROPE
Mr. Darren Butler – 10’
Coordinator,“Irish Bishops’ Drugs Initiative”-IBDI (Ireland)

OCEANIA
Dr. Alex Wodak, AM – 10’
Emeritus Consultant, Alcohol and Drug Service, St. Vincent’s Hospital President,
Australian Drug Law Reform Foundation (Australia)

17.10

A Reflection on Drugs and Addictions
His Eminence Cardinal Pietro Parolin
Secretary of State (Holy See)

18.00

Holy Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica Altar of the Chair

SATURDAY 1 DECEMBER 20187VII SESSION: RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONCLUSIONS

Moderator:
Prof. Rev. Michele Aramini
Lecturer in Theology at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart – Milan (Italy)

9.00

Prayer9.10

Recommendations and Pastoral Applications
Rev. Antonio Mancini, M.I.
Professor Talitha Vassalli di Dachenhausen

9.30

Concluding Remarks
His Eminence Card. Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson

10.30

Audience with Pope Francis

INFORMATION

Simultaneous translation will be provided in English, French, Spanish and Italianlanguage.

Conference Venue: New Synod Hall, Vatican City (Entrance from Piazza del Sant’Uffizio,
Left Colonnade of St. Peter’s Square).

For admission to the Synod Hall, participants will have to present an ID badge, which

can be collected the same day of beginning the conference, on November 29, to theNew Synod Hall.

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