French believers unable to present joint declaration on euthanasia

Therefore, the Catholic, Protestant, Muslim and Jewish religions will not unite in their fight against euthanasia, Le Figaro reports. They said in an interview with Le Journal du Dimanche that their positions are not different, but that they do not see it is as the responsibility of religious leaders to rally against the government. Instead, they want to present their points of view individually and contribute to the debate with philosophical arguments about life. The President of the Conference of Bishops of France, Éric de Moulins-Beaufort, said that the option of a joint declaration is eliminated. "The present time is for debate, and we are not the court of religions which would judge society."

Christian Krieger, the Protestant representative, said that as religions, they are not going to war against a possible law. "Within Protestantism, we are not all aligned", he adds.

At the end of last summer, the French President, Emmanuel Macron, spoke about a change in the end-of-life legislation in France. A citizens' convention is to debate it, starting December 9. Next spring, it should present proposals to guide the state's legislation, La Croix writes.

Dinner

Several young Protestants want to unite themselves in a network of influence. That is reported by La Croix. This Monday, they will organise the so-called Cercle Charles Gide dinner for the second time. It aims to "honour young people committed to the common good, eager to assert their voice in society." It is expected that about 200 Christian guests from several fields of work, belonging to the Lutheran-Reformed or Evangelical community in France, will join the event.