Pope establishes World Day of Grandparents and Elderly aleteia.org

After praying the midday Angelus on January 31, Pope Francis announced that he is establishing a World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly.

This day will be celebrated throughout the Church every year on the fourth Sunday in July, he said. This date places it close to the July 26 feast of Sts. Joachim and Ann, the parents of Mary, and thus the grandparents of Jesus…

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