The Elderly
The Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life is busy building “a Church that challenges the throw-away culture with the overflowing joy of a new embrace between young and old!” (Pope Francis, General Audience, March 11, 2015).
For this reason, it fosters and supports the promotion of a pastoral care of the elderly that knows how to enhance their peculiar vocation in the Church, starting from the transmission of the faith to the youngest, from the preservation of their roots and from what can be considered the elderly’s very true specific mission: interceding in prayer.
In 2020, the Dicastery sponsored the 1st International Congress on the Pastoral Care of the Elderly entitled "The Richness of Many Years of Life," the proceedings of which were published in an e-book downloadable for free from this website.
Since 2021, the Dicastery has been promoting the celebration of World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly.
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World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly
The Dicastery’s Secretary comments on the theme chosen by Pope Francis
© Vatican News - “His mercy is from age to age” is the theme of the third edition of the worldwide event, desired by Pope Francis, which will be celebrated on July 23 with a Mass by the ...
World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly
Pope's words in Canada to commemorate the World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly
During his trip to Canada, Pope Francis devoted some of his reflections to grandparents and the elderly. This attention is driven by the fact that this week is the celebration of the Second ...
World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly
A celebration as vast as the world
Now in its second year, the World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly is beginning to characterize many dioceses all over the world. In addition to the Vatican celebration, presided over in ...
