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Pope Leo XIV called on every parish and church group or association to become part of a "revolution" of care and gratitude by regularly visiting older people.
"Christian hope always urges us to be more daring, to think big, to be dissatisfied with things the way they are," the Pope wrote in his message for World Day of Grandparents and the Elderly, a Church celebration that will take place July 27.
"In this case, it urges us to work for a change that can restore the esteem and affection to which the elderly are entitled," he wrote in the message released July 10.
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"Christian hope always urges us to be more daring, to think big, to be dissatisfied with things the way they are," the Pope wrote in his message for World Day of Grandparents and the Elderly, a Church celebration that will take place July 27.
"In this case, it urges us to work for a change that can restore the esteem and affection to which the elderly are entitled," he wrote in the message released July 10.
Continued below.
Parishes need to launch 'revolution of care' for the elderly, Pope says
Pope Leo XIV called on every parish and church group or association to become part of a "revolution" of care and gratitude by regularly visiting older people.
