Kazakhstan and the Vatican are preparing a Charter of the Rights of the Child with an Incurable Disease. The document is intended to strengthen the protection of the lives, health and dignity of children with serious illnesses. The initiative was discussed in Astana at the Second Joint Colloquium by Kazakhstan’s Vice President Erlan Karin and Prefect of the Holy See’s Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue Cardinal George Jacob Koovakad. Erlan Karin noted that interreligious dialogue should produce concrete humanitarian outcomes, emphasizing the importance of protecting the most vulnerable children. He thanked the Dicastery and the Vatican’s Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital for their contribution to preparing the document. The hospital cooperates with Kazakhstan’s University Medical Center. The sides also discussed cooperation within the framework of the Congress and other humanitarian projects. Cardinal George Jacob Koovakad conveyed warm greetings to President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev from Pope Leo XIV.
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