Catechiesi sulla vecchiaia.
18 CATECHESIS ON OLD AGE
Pronounced by Pope Francis in 2022.
Catechesis 1
La grazia del tempo è l’alleanza delle età della vita.
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Catechesis 2
Longevity: symbol and opportunity
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Catechesis 3
Seniority, a resource for carefree youth
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Catechesis 4
Dismissal and legacy: memory and testimony
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Catechesis 5
Faithfulness to God's visitation for the coming generation
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Catechesis 6
“Honor your father and mother”: the love of living life.
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Catechesis 7
Noemi, the alliance between generations that opens the future
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Catechesis 8
Eleazar, consistency of faith, legacy of honor
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Catechesis 9
Judith. An admirable youth, a generous old age.
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Catechesis 10
Job. The test of faith, the blessing of waiting
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Catechesis 11
Qoelet: the uncertain night of meaning and the things of life
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Catechesis 12
«Do not forsake me when my strength declines» (Ps. 71:9)
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Catechesis 13
Nicodemus. «How can a man be born when he is old?» (Jn. 3:4).
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Catechesis 14
The glad service of faith that is learned in gratitude (cf. Mark 1:29-31)
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Catechesis 15
Peter and John
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Catechesis 16
“I go to prepare a place for you” (cf. Jn. 14:2). Old age, time projected to fulfillment.
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Catechesis 17
The ’Ancient of Days“. Old age reassures destination to life that no longer dies
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Catechesis 18
The pangs of creation. The story of the creature as a mystery of gestation.
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Other documents
Pope St. John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI
John Paul II
Address of John Paul II to the elderly of the diocese of Rome
John Paul II
John Paul II's Letter to the Elderly
Pope Benedict
Visita alla casa-famiglia “Viva gli anziani” gestita dalla comunità di Sant’Egidio.
Pope Benedict
Il papa a Sant’Egidio: È bello essere anziani!