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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Elderly and Grandparents
All dioceses, parishes and ecclesial communities are called to celebrate this Day, whose theme is "In old age they will still bear fruit" (Ps. 92:15)
(Vatican City 14/07/2022) The second edition of the World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly 2022 will be celebrated worldwide on July 24. All dioceses, parishes and ecclesial communities are ...
The Pope Video
The Pope Video for July concludes the triptych on Youth, Family and Elderly
The Pope Video for July has just been released with the prayer intention that Francis is entrusting to the entire Catholic Church through the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network. This month, the ...
Grandparents and Elderly
Care for grandparents and the elderly: laying the foundations of a long-range pastoral work that will engage us for decades to come.
(Vatican City - May 30, 2022) The Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life today released to the public a pastoral kit with instructions for the celebration of the Second World Day for ...
