Pope Leo XIV reaffirms the precious value of the elderly and their role as ‘life teachers’ and reiterates that old age is a time of grace in a letter sent to Cardinal Kevin Farrell, Prefect of the Dicastery for Laity, Family, and Life on the occasion of the Dicastery’s Meeting dedicated to Pastoral Care of the Elderly.

“The elderly, in serene acceptance of the limitations imposed by the passing years—without hiding them or being ashamed of them—can be life teachers, able to show everyone—and especially young people—that the value of a life is not measured by efficiency or self-sufficiency, but by the capacity to love and to be loved, to give and to receive.”

Pope Leo XIV expressed this in the letter sent on his behalf by Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin to Cardinal Kevin Farrell, Prefect of the Dicastery for Laity, Family, and Life, on the occasion of the Dicastery’s Meeting on the Pastoral Care of the Elderly… Read more »

The theme for the Sixth World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly will be ‘I will never forget you’ (Is 49:15), announces the Vatican’s Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life in a statement on Tuesday.

Pope Leo XIV has chosen “I will never forget you” (Is 49:15) as the theme for the Sixth World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly, said the Vatican’s Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life in a statement… Read more »