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As the Catholic Church celebrates the World Day of Grandparents, initiated by Pope Francis in 2021, we look to the example of 5 saints who had grandchildren.
Calling for “a new bond between the young and old,” Pope Francis marked the third annual World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly with an intergenerational Mass Sunday in St. Peter’s Basilica.
The third annual World Day of Grandparents and the Elderly is observed on July 23, 2023.
The Vatican announced Thursday the date and theme for the third annual World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly.
Some of those indigenous people assembled to listen to the pope had met with him at the Vatican in March.
The 2nd World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly will take place on July 24.
The pope made the appeal in his message for the second World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly.
The elderly in society are “living encyclopedias”, the Catholic Bishop of Uganda’s Kasana-Luweero Diocese said Sunday, July 25.
Members of the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB) have expressed the need for younger members of society to build relationships with their grandparents and other elderly people who they describe as an “indispensable” gift to humanity.
There is no “retirement” from spreading the faith, Pope Francis said in a message to grandparents on Tuesday, adding that the prayers of the elderly are needed by the Church and the world.
Pope Francis announced Sunday the establishment of an international day to honor grandparents and the elderly to take place each year in July.