End of life. no joint statement by representatives of religions, despite similar positions

Representatives of the Catholic, Protestant, Muslim and Jewish faiths will not adopt a common front in the end-of-life debate, even if their positions are close, they explained in a joint interview with the organization. Sunday newspaper .

When asked if religious leaders would make a joint statement on the issue ahead of possible legislative discussions, Eric de Moulin-Beaufort, president of the French Bishops’ Conference, replied:no, we have removed this option instead. The present time is for debate and we are not a court of religions to judge society“.

Congress of citizens from December 9

“For now, the question is whether changes in the existing law should be considered. We do not predict. We will participate in this debate (…), then it is up to the society whether to prepare its grain with it or not.In the same interview, the chief rabbi of France, Hayim Korsia, adds.

President Emmanuel Macron spoke in late summer about changing end-of-life legislation. The assembly of citizens consisting of 150 French citizens by lot should discuss it from December 9. Next spring, it will formulate proposals aimed at guiding state choices and, in particular, whether to change the Claes-Leonetti Act on medical assistance at the end of life, possibly by legalizing “active assistance in dying“.

The great religions do not representnot a united, political front that would like to impose itself, but a set of shared concerns. We want to emphasize humanity and the need for human support“The rector of the Great Mosque of Paris, Chems-Eddin Hafiz, explains in the interview.

“We cannot talk about religions face to face. Even if our scores are close to each other, we are not going to war against a possible law“, – adds Christian Krieger, president of the French Protestant Federation. “We are not all united within protest“, later he emphasizes. Haim Corsia also notes that “there are cross-cult and internal nuances, including within Judaism“.

The role of religious leaders in the debateis to show that we cannot reduce this issue to its technical or legal dimension (…), it is about our humanityBishop de Moulin-Beaufort summarizes.