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For World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly

‘Do not cast me off in my old age’

 ‘Do not cast me off  in my old age’  ING-030
26 July 2024

In a tweet ahead of World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly, which will be celebrated on Sunday, 28 July, Pope Francis highlighted the need “for a new bond between the young and the elderly” — a bond in which “those with more life experience water the shoots of hope of those who are still growing”. The Holy Father expressed his hope that we may come “to know the beauty of life and build a fraternal society”. The theme for this year’s Day is, “Do not cast me off in my old age”. The Holy Father’s Message for the occasion is available at: www.https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/messages/nonni/documents/20240425-messaggio-nonni-anziani.html