Today, summarizing his trip last weekend to Ireland for the World Meeting of Families, Pope Francis spoke about a concern he has for families.
“Today – it is hard to say this – it seems that grandparents are seen as an inconvenience. In this throwaway culture, grandparents are ‘discarded,’ distanced,” he lamented.
Nevertheless, the pope continued, grandparents are the “wisdom” and “memory” of a people and of families.
“And grandparents must transmit this memory to their grandchildren. Young people and children must speak with their grandparents to carry history forward. Please: do not discard grandparents. May they be close to your children, to their grandchildren,” he encouraged.
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