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"Peace means empathy"
Antonella, a young Romanian, gives us her first testimony about her experience of the Mediterranean encounters during the peace ceremony organized in La Canea, in front of the Mosque. Text not translated. «For me, peace is not just the absence of war or conflict. Peace is the quiet of the morning, when sunlight enters through the window…»
Read More“Peace is quiet, but strong”
Vildana, a young Bosnian woman, shares her testimony during the peace ceremony held in front of Hassan Pascha Mosque, on the last evening of the session in Larnaca. Untranslated text. «For us, peace is more than just silence without gunfire. Peace means feeling safe when we go to sleep, and having hope when we wake…
Read More“Peace is not just the absence of war”
Speech by Ana, a young Georgian from session 3. She spoke at the conference on the place of women that took place in Chania during the closing festival of this session last April 7th. Text not translated The Role of Women in Politics – The Case of Georgia «Good afternoon…
Read MoreStory of a strong women who migrate
Nissrine, a young Moroccan from the 3rd session, spoke at the conference on the place of women in the Mediterranean on April 7, 2025 in La Cannée. She shares her testimony and the experience of a young migrant with us. Text not translated. «Today, I want to take you on a short journey across borders…
Read More“women will always be true architects of our societies”
Speech by Roy, a young Lebanese participant in the 3rd session, during the roundtable on the place of women that took place in La Canée on May 7th. Text not translated. «While I was preparing what I’m going to say, one of my friends on the boat asked…
Read More"Why does this violence still exist?"
Specialist in migration, conflict resolution and gender issues, Marcelle Bugre spoke at the national conference «Women in the Mediterranean» organized by the Archdiocese of Malta on April 27 at the Mediterranean Conference Centre (MCC) in Valletta, Malta. «Thank you for inviting me to speak…
Read More“What happens when silence has a price?”
Omertà - Silence and being reduced to silence - Maria Brown, Ph.D. Opening speech delivered at the Archives of the Mediterranean Ethnographic Laboratory (MELA) Conference Women in the Mediterranean 27 April 2025 Mediterranean Conference Centre, Malta Opening What happens when silence has a price? And that price is your safety, the safety of your loved ones, Exorcism or…
Read More“Why the indifference?”
Daniela DeBono is head of department and associate professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Malta, where she teaches, among other things, refugees, migration and displacement, borders, humanitarian action and human rights. Women in the Mediterranean, Med25 Bel Espoir, April 27, 2025 Il-Ħatfa …
Read More“Woman […] is the path to peace”
Sister Nathalie Becquart, a Xavierist religious and theologian, is the Undersecretary of the General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops in the Vatican, delivering a message of support to the young people engaged in the Mediterranean meetings, at the start of this third session that begins in Malta on April 1, 2025. Reflection on women in the Mediterranean «Dear friends, From Rome...
Read More“We are not here to reinvent the wheel, but to create”
Introduction to the national conference «Women in the Mediterranean» which took place at the MCC in Valletta, Malta on April 27, 2025, by Father Jean-Claude Attard, coordinator of the diocesan presence in the Mediterranean. He is responsible for promoting Mediterranean synodality in collaboration with the diocesan service for Mediterranean relations of the Archdiocese of Marseille.…
Read MoreMediterranean “There is no peace without courage.”
Father Alexis Leproux, Episcopal Vicar for Mediterranean Relations in Marseille and coordinator of the Mediterranean Meetings, spoke after the conference «Women in the Mediterranean» which took place on April 27 at the Mediterranean Conference Centre in La Valletta, Malta. «Dear friends of the Mediterranean, the meeting of peoples…
Read MoreEducating for peace and non-violence
Bishop Corrado Loreficen is Metropolitan Archbishop of Palermo. On March 29, 2025, he delivered this conference for the young people of MED 25 at the Faculty of Theology of Sicily. Dear young people of the MED 25 Project, dear friends gathered here, I greet you with friendship and fraternal affection on behalf of a common humanity that...
Read More[VIDEO] In Barcelona, the Bel Espoir casts off
The KTO channel was in Barcelona to follow the launch conference of the MED 25 Meetings and the Bel Espoir odyssey.
Read MoreMediterranean Coordination: Everything you need to know
In the Holy See Press Room on 20 February 2025, Cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline, Archbishop of Marseille, Cardinal Juan-José Omella, Archbishop of Barcelona, Msgr. Giuseppe Satriano, Archbishop of Bari-Bitonto, and Father Alexis Leproux, Episcopal Vicar of Marseille for Relations with the Mediterranean, presented the Mediterranean Coordination Project.
Read MoreThe importance of dialogue between cultures
Bishop Xabi Gomez is the bishop of San Felíu de Llobregat. Engaged in the pastoral care of migrants, he gave this conference to the young people of MED 25 who gathered in Barcelona for the first session. True dialogue does not seek to win, but to understand (Maria Zambrano). In the wake of the Mediterranean Encounters, the journey of the…
Read More"An Ark of Hope"
On Sunday, March 2, in the Basilica of the Sagrada Familia, Cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline, Archbishop of Marseille in charge of Mediterranean coordination, delivered the homily. To read in full here. «Brothers and sisters, what a joy it is to be gathered today under the vaults of this basilica, a magnificent poem of stone and light in the glory…
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October 11 – 26, 2025
Building peace
Ravenna Bari
August 30 – September 14, 2025
Eastern and Western Christianity