The elderly
World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly
Dicastery's Pastoral indications for a Jubilee celebration with the elderly unable to physically make the pilgrimage
The Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life has released the official prayer and suggestions for celebrations, with particular attention to elderly people unable to participate in the jubilee ...
Family, Children, Grandparents, Elderly
Over three days, more than 60,000 pilgrims celebrated the Jubilee with Pope Leo XIV, in a spirit of hope
Engaged couples, married couples, parents, children, grandparents, uncles, aunts, young people and the elderly: families from all over the world gathered in Rome from 30 May to 1 June to ...
Grandparents
25th anniversary of the Catholic Grandparents Association
The Catholic Grandparents Association is not simply an organization, but a community that embodies the Church's mission: to be a sign of hope and unity. On the occasion of its 25th anniversary, ...
Pope Leo XIV
Young people, children and mothers, in Pope Leo XIV's first Regina Coeli
On Sunday 11 May, Pope Leo XIV appeared on the balcony of the central loggia of St. Peter's Basilica and, in front of about 100,000 people, recited his first Regina Coeli. Welcoming and ...
Elderly
Online meetings continue in preparation for the 2nd International Conference on the Pastoral Care of the Elderly
The Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life continues its commitment to the pastoral care of the elderly by organizing two online meetings: one dedicated to Asia and Oceania on ...
World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly
In a press release from the Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life, Pope Francis' choice for this jubilee year
The Holy Father has chosen the theme for the 5th World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly, which will be celebrated this year on Sunday, 27 July: “Blessed are those who have not lost hope.” ...
Elderly
Two online meetings, towards the 2nd International Congress on the Pastoral Care of the Elderly
On 3 and 5 December, the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life organized two important online meetings with those responsible for the pastoral care of the elderly in the Conferences of Bishops ...
The Pope Video
In conjunction with the opening of World Youth Day in Lisbon, The Pope Video focuses on the fundamental role of young people in the life of the Church and the world
“When I go to the church in my neighborhood, I see only old people. Is the Church only for old people?”. This is the question directed to Pope Francis that opens this Pope Video which coincides ...
Grandparents and the elderly
8 thousand present in Saint Peter’s for the III World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly
“Be vigilant so that we do not marginalize the elderly in our families or lives”. This was the message pronounced made by Pope Francis during his homily at the Mass he celebrated together with ...
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Six episodes to illustrate the Dicastery that Pope Francis has called to be close to the women and men of our time
What and, more importantly, whom does a Vatican Dicastery that works "for Laity, Family and Life" take care of? To what kind of closeness does Pope Francis invite when he addresses ...