by Anne Lastman
Recently Pope Francis called on the Church “to care for the elderly, going to them with a smile on your face and the Gospel in your hands”.
He noted that the world is facing a significant demographic change, with fewer young people and a large increase in the number of elderly. He said that issues facing the elderly – including social disorientation, and societal attitudes of indifference and rejection, are a call to the Church and to society “to serious reflection …