The Council of Muslim Elderly and the “Pontifical Academy of Life” in the Vatican and the American Association of Retired Persons, and in the first official activity of the Vatican during the reign of Pope Liu XIV, a document to support and protect the elderly and preserve their dignity. The document comes within a unified vision, based on the necessity of strengthening joint efforts to support the elderly, their right to independence and protect them from all forms of discrimination. The document – signed by Counselor Mohamed Abdel Salam, Secretary -General of the Council, and Archbishop Vincenso Balia, President of the Academy, and Dr. Mikhay Minter Jordan, CEO of the American Retired Society, provides mechanisms that enable the elderly to make the appropriate options
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