Your old men shall dream dreams

2nd International Congress on the Pastoral Care of the Elderly (Rome, 2-4 October, 2025)

 

The Second International Congress on the Pastoral Care of the Elderly, organized by the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life, takes place from 2-4 October 2025, at the General Curia of the Society of Jesus in Rome. The event brings together 150 delegates from 65 countries, representing 55 Conferences of Bishops, alongside members of associations and religious congregations engaged in pastoral care of the elderly.

A global pastoral urgency – In an evolving world, where even the experience of aging is changing deeply, the Congress aims to address an increasingly urgent need: to develop pastoral care for the elderly that meets the challenges of our time. As Cardinal Kevin Farrell, the Prefect of the Dicastery, said: "The elderly are not just the past of the Church, but its present and its future. This Congress provides an opportunity to listen, reflect, and create new responses to new questions together."

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