Tuesday, April 14 in Rome, the Holy See Pavilion was presented. It is one of the Participating Countries in the Universal Exhibition that will open in just sixteen days time in Milan. “Non di solo pane” (Not by Bread Alone) is the title of the theme that will be developed inside the pavilion designed as a garden to be tended to with care, and offering food to share with others, such as a meal that brings awareness to God’s presence in the world. Nutrition, the central theme of Expo Milano 2015, together with that of sustainability, will be an opportunity to encourage reflection and education on faith, justice, peace and the relationships between people, the economy and environmental protection .

Press Conference Participants

Participants in the press conference included Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi (President of the Pontifical Council for Culture and the General Commissioner of the Holy See for Expo Milano 2015), Msgr. Domenico Pompili (Secretary of the CEI), Msgr. Luca Bressan , (Vicar for Culture of the Archdiocese of Milan), Msgr. Giovanni Pietro Dal Toso (Secretary of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum), Mariella Enoc (President of the Pediatric Hospital Bambino Gesù) and Pier Sandro Cocconcelli (Director of Laboratorio UCSC ExpoLAB of the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore).

Partners: The Università del Sacro Cuore and the Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù

The Pavilion was promoted, built and managed in collaboration with the Pontifical Council for Culture (expression of the Holy See), the Italian Episcopal Conference and the Diocese of Milan, with the contribution of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum. The Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore and the Pediatric Hospital Bambino Gesù will be scientific partners that will help to develop and support the theme “Non di solo pane”.

Symposiums on the right to food in the world and on food education

The Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore with the Laboratory UCSC Expolab will, as scientific partners and with an interdisciplinary approach, promote cultural projects and initiatives on the themes of Expo Milano 2015. Projects include the international symposium " Right to food, peace and democracy: research and education in an ethical perspective ", a three-day conference on the theme of the right to food and its ethical and political implications for peace and democracy. The Pediatric Hospital Bambino Gesù is promoting nutritional education for the family, supporting the idea that the meal not only serves to educate, but to cure. In modern medicine, food is indeed a therapy that can treat metabolic diseases such as diabetes or celiac disease.

The four concepts of the Pavilion

Inside the Pavilion, with its theme "Non di solo pane" four concepts will be expressed: ecological, economical-trade, educational and religious. Starting from the Christian dimension of nourishment, the exhibition will feature forms of artistic nature, with the understanding that art is universal in its message and can overcome language and cultural barriers. The main element of the pavilion is the human one; each visitor will be welcomed and accompanied along the path inside the Pavilion personally.