The Elderly at the center, all over the world

"I invite you to celebrate this Day in every community and to visit grandparents and the elderly, those who are most alone" said Pope Francis after Sunday’s Angelus and all over the world young and old accepted his invitation and celebrated grandparents and the elderly.

From the first reports that reached the Dicastery, there have been many initiatives undertaken by bishops' conferences, dioceses and associations around the world on the occasion of the Day. Many of them have been mentioned on social media with the hashtag #IamWithYouAlways.

One particularly significant initiative was that of the Lisbon WYD promoter's committee, which invited young Portuguese to go on a mission and visit the elderly and give them the Pope's message.

In India, young people from many dioceses visited the elderly in their neighborhoods and filmed videos that were posted on the bishops' conference website.