An “alliance between generations” is essential for a healthy society. In the “throwaway culture” it is particularly important to emphasize the role of the elderly. “Grandparents need young people and young people need grandparents, they must meet. Without dialogue between young people and grandparents there is no life, no history. This is a challenge for our culture. Grandparents have the right to dream by being on the young people are looking, “said the Pope to the young people gathered in St. Peter’s Square. The grandparents and the elderly should not be treated like “disposable remnants of life”.
The day of grandparents and the elderly was celebrated for the first time with a church service in Rome. World Day is intended to express the Church’s closeness to seniors, but also to remind people of the importance of grandparents in educating the faith. Because Francis still has to recover from his intestinal surgery, he was represented at the mass by Archbishop Fisichella.
