CEREMONY FOR THE SIGNATURE INTERRELIGIOUS MANIFESTO OF THE RIGHTS IN END OF LIFE PATH

Tuesday 5 February h.10.00 a.m. Rome Commendatore Hall Monumental complex of the Holy Spirit Hospital- Rome After many preparatory meeting since June 2018, Religious Leaders from different faiths (Buddhist, Catholic, Islamic, Hinduist, Orthodox, Christian Reformed) agreed to sign together a Manifesto to ensure religious and spiritual support to sick people who are in the final phase of life in health structures like Hospital, Hospice or at home. . This document is the result of a particular sensitivity towards interreligious dialogue in the healthcare sector and an important point of arrival of a fully-shared path that will enable the transformation of these agreed Rights into operating procedures accepted by the Ministry of Health in Italy . Religious leaders and the promoting Committee considered very significant choosing a date and they unanimously considered very appropriately to subscribe this common text in the contest of World Interfaith Harmony Week promoted by the UN General Assembly with a Ceremony that involved Religious Leaders, Representatives of Official Institutions and Healthcare.