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Radici e futuro: l’alleanza tra generazioni alla Camera dei Deputati
ANCI, Fondazione Etàgrande,il servizio del TGR del 15 aprile 2026Dalla web TV alla camera dei deputati
La morte di Maria e quel segreto che cambia tutto
Maria, la prima dei credenti, è la prima dei risorti. Dopo il Calvario e la presenza nel cenacolo Gerusalemme, non sappiamo più nulla di lei nei testi neotestamentari. La tradizione la vuole accanto a Giovanni, il discepolo a cui Gesù l’affidò come madre dalla croce....
A Roma il Festival del Co-Housing
Un’opportunità per gli anziani che vivono soli. Se ne è parlato a Roma al Festival del Co-Housing con Monsignor Paglia ed il sindaco Gualtieri.
About elder abuse. U.S., focus of debate on the need to restore minimum staffing standards for residential facilities.
Great Age was created to protect the lives and dignity of the elderly. That is why we will not fail to report the news that at the planetary level concerns the issue. It is not only and always bad news, as the political discussion in the US shows. In the United States the...
The ISTAT 2025 Annual Report confirms that Italy is stably among the oldest countries in the world. Nearly a quarter of residents are 65 and older, and those over 80 now outnumber children under 10.
As of January 1, 2025, the over-65s number about 14.5 million, or 24.7% of the population; they were 24.3% a year earlier, signaling a structural and continuous aging process. Those over 80 are about 4.6 million (4,591,000), increasing by about 50,000...
The Osservasalute 2025 Report describes an Italy in which aging is accompanied by more chronic diseases, more loneliness and greater economic vulnerability for a not insignificant share of the elderly.
Reflection on old age in the family context in Msgr. Vincenzo Paglia's catechesis on the occasion of the Jubilee of Families
Descent into hell passage (removed) of resurrection
It is a sign that life is born where all seems lost. The abyss (evil stubbornly desired and good stubbornly rejected) is debated in Catholic theology; it exists as a possibility of freedom. To avert it, the revelation of God's love Descent of...
Migrants and old age, a “minority within a minority”
In Rome a multi-voice meeting sponsored by the Center for Global Health of the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, the ETS Great Age Foundation and the Italian Health and Gender Group on the problems of advanced age and gender differences Rome, Feb. 10, 2026...
Pubblichiamo il contributo di Monsignor Paglia pubblicato sul quotidiano L’Avvenire del 9 marzo 2026. I decessi in ambito sanitario e la silenziosa strage degli anziani.
I casi recenti, ancora oggetto di indagine, fanno riflettere su tante morti che parlano di abusi e abbandono. Un fenomeno che si fa dimensione quotidiana per tanti uomini e donne vecchi. E’ questo il destino che aspettiamo per noi? Le cronache ci parlano di un...
Elderly people still targeted. Abuse, when frailty leaves them defenseless.
Once again abuse, violence and torture against the elderly in the institution. It happens in the home for the elderly “Domus Mitreo” in Viale Vittorio Veneto, which ended up at the center of the investigation of the Carabinieri of the Nucleo antisofisticazione e sanità di Roma (Nas) in Grottaferrata....
Seniors and young people together: cohousing as an answer to loneliness and housing emergency
Government prepares guidelines for use of unused public assets and new intergenerational housing models. In Italy, 5.8 million elderly people live alone and only a fraction receive continuous care. The share of over-70s living without...
Turning to see the Risen One: a new existence that attracts us
The experience of Jesus showing up with a body very different from the one they had known upsets the apostles. But it has the power to imprint the turning point of conversion on their (and our) lives Correggio, “Noli me tangere” (1525). Madrid, Museo del Prado...
Resurrection is not new life, but full realization of this
Faced with the promise of eternal existence, the question is not whether we will continue to touch each other, look at each other, feel each other, but how we will touch each other, look at each other, feel each other Sunrise over the Roman Castles/ SICILIANS Is it even possible to “peek” inside Heaven? What do you mean.
È sulla compassione per i poveri che si gioca tutto il “giudizio finale”
The decisive confrontation, the “face-to-face” with God, does not take place in a setting of heroic and extraordinary gestures, but in the everydayness and banality of encounters with those who are weak and poor The Pantocrator Christ of Cefalù Cathedral In death we present ourselves...
Getting back together to talk about death can make us less lonely
Removing the perspective of the decisive passage of life, which spans the whole of existence, impoverishes us and makes us less human. A theme that needs to be shared / ICP Death is a decisive passage: that of the threshold that opens to “eternal life.” It is not...
Turning to see the Risen One: a new existence that attracts us
Article by Monsignor Paglia for “Avvenire” on Feb. 11. The experience of Jesus showing up with a body very different from the one they had known upsets the apostles. But it has the power to impress the turning point of conversion on their (and our)...
San Remo: “An age to be invented. The elderly at the service of the country.”
The Community of Sant'Egidio denounces the absence of implementing decrees for Law 33/2023 and launches an appeal for a new model of care for the elderly
Eternity, a wedding banquet to which everyone was invited
Between hedonism and the eternal present of modern societies, the desire to re-propose the utopia of Christianity to recall the ultimate destination: not survival, but fullness of life The Stone of Anointing in the Holy Sepulcher. On this stone it is believed that...
We can learn every day how to stand by those who die
It is good to get used to being close to each other already in life, especially to the frail and weak At certain times more than norms we need love, warmth, tenderness, to be there A home visit to an elderly person/ SICILIANS The...
Sister death: hostile experience that unites us before the limit
St. Francis invited us to welcome it because only in this way can it be prevented from taking away our hope and love. Becoming a point of maximum closeness of man with God. Not an end, but the passage to the Eternal St. Francis and Death, panel dated 1310 /Alamy «Mortals, do not...
Because without a beyond-human, life does not fulfill its promises
If contemporary culture marked by narcissism has led to a loss of desire about eternal life, Christianity must take up this challenge and meet it with creativity and courageWe are all mortal, but not because of death. Or, as Hannah Arendt liked to say:...
A dignified old age for all is also staying at home
Law 33, which reorganizes the form of care by looking at the local area and the homes of the elderly, is beginning to be implemented. A health and cultural challenge beyond RSAs Elderly couple in their home/ SICILIANS There is a need for new thinking,...
Even in old age, the spirit can turn to the future
Joy is still possible by approaching fullness. For if the physical declines, we can gain in wisdom and spirituality. Without nostalgia for the past «Old age is a time of embers, not ashes.» Thus, Saint-John Perse, a French poet, liked to define...
Summer and frailty: the problem is no longer emergency, but structural neglect of the elderly
The Community of Sant'Egidio denounces the absence of implementing decrees for Law 33/2023 and launches an appeal for a new model of care for the elderly
A revolution of gratitude and care: Monsignor Paglia's commentary on the Pope's message for Grandparents and Seniors Day
Reflections from the text “Blessed is he who has not lost his hope” (Sir 14:2) by Pope Leo XIV by Monsignor Vincenzo Paglia
The great age of women: a new look at female longevity
Rassegna stampa dell’incontro del 23 giugno 2025 “L’età grande delle donne” promosso da Fondazione Atena e Fondazione Età Grande
Large attendance for meeting “The Great Age of Women”
The story of the first event in the series of meetings “The Great Age of Women,” sponsored by the Athena Foundation and the Great Age Foundation
Invitation Conference “The Great Age of Women”
Meeting with lecturers Giovannella Baggio and Anna Maria Moretti, Bishop Paglia on the challenges of women's aging. Moderator Livia Azzariti
The legacy of Pope Francis: fraternity, welcome, hope
In light of the passing of Pope Francis, the Great Age Foundation offers a press review of the recollections of its president, Bishop Paglia
Great Age Foundation's greeting to Pope Francis
The Great Age Foundation joins in the grief of the Universal Church and so many men and women of good will throughout the world over the death of the Bishop of Rome, Pope Francis. As stated by our President, Bishop Vincenzo Paglia “the feeling of...
Active aging: from problem to resource. Challenges that emerged from the Auser conference
"Ten million long-lived people are willing to participate in social life: just give them the opportunity." This is the key message that emerged from the "Living Longevity" research presented last April 1 at CNEL by Auser, which continues to stimulate a heated...
Loneliness of the elderly and the fear of death
The Great Age Foundation's press review on the topic of elderly loneliness and the fear of death
The Pope's health and Monsignor Vincenzo Paglia's voice of comfort
The Fondazione Età Grande's press review of Monsignor Vincenzo Paglia's words regarding Pope Francis' health condition
“La società corre il rischio di scartare gli anziani”. L’intervento di Don Riccardo Mensuali a TV2000
Fr. Riccardo Mensuali reflects on the role of the elderly in society and the Church, between faith, loneliness and the search for meaning. Discover the data from the Ipsos research
Great success for the presentation of the Ipsos research for the Great Age Foundation “The elderly and religiosity in Italy”
The presentation event sponsored by the Great Age Foundation of the in-depth research on the religiosity of the elderly and their relationship with faith, commissioned in the fall of 2024 from the Ipsos Italia Company, was a great success. The account of the...
The elderly and religiosity in Italy. Ipsos research meeting
The Great Age Foundation, promoted by H.E. Msgr. Vincenzo Paglia, President of the Great Age Foundation and the Pontifical Academy for Life, is pleased to invite you to the presentation of an in-depth research on the religiosity of the elderly and their relationship with faith, commissioned in the fall of 2024 to the Ipsos Italia Company.
Law 33/23, important intervention by Bishop Paglia, Avvenire 16.1.2025
Cohabitation and "family" cohabitation to cure loneliness in the elderly
Presentazione del Volume di V. Paglia “Destinati alla vita”, San Paolo 2024 Roma, 14 ottobre 2024, Sala Pio XI, Piazza S. Calisto 16
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Il nuovo libro di Mons. V. Paglia “Destinati alla Vita” Edizioni San Paolo
A book on old age and the end of life Less survival, more resurrection ROMAN OBSERVER, Aug. 29, 2024 We publish here an excerpt from Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia's new book "Destined for Life" (Edizioni San Paolo 2024, pages 220, euros 18) in bookstores from...
The Fourth World Day of Grandparents and Grandchildren. Speeches by Bishop Paglia of the Great Age Foundation
Don't abandon me in old age Author: Mariagrazia Baroni Source: Città Nuova July 28 marks the Fourth Day for Grandparents and the Elderly. Even in old age we can talk about the future. Perspectives and actions on the way. The article is taken from the July issue of the...
The Fourth World Day of Grandparents and Seniors desired by Pope Francis, July 28, 2024
At St. Joachim's World Elderly Day «God does not abandon his children, ever. Not even when age advances and strength declines, when hair whitens and social role is diminished, when life becomes less productive and threatens to seem pointless....
SEEKING CULTURE NOT JUST SPIRITUALITY- Avvenire, June 1, Riccardo Mensuali
The research that the Great Age Foundation commissioned from Ipsos to begin to explore the link between Italian dioceses and pastoral care for the elderly captures a novelty that is there for all to see: Francis is the first pope to devote as many as 18 catecheses to the...
Scenarios. Seniors smile, the future is yours. And it's a big challenge for the church
Un’indagine Fondazione Età Grande con Ipsos fotografa l’impegno delle diocesi verso la terza età.
The pastoral care of the third age in the Italian dioceses
Presentation of the ’survey conducted by the demoscopic research company IPSOS “The pastoral care of the third age in the Italian dioceses”
Message of Pope Francis-Day of the Elderly 2024
Let us not fail to show our tenderness to the grandparents and elders of our families
Book presentation - Age Great: the new law for the elderly
È disponibile L’eta grande: la nuova legge per gli anziani, il nuovo libro di Monsignor Vincenzo Paglia, edito da Edra s.p.a.
L’Età Grande: la nuova legge per gli anziani – Conferenza stampa
Details of the press conference for Msgr. Vincenzo Paglia's new book “The Great Age: The New Law for the Elderly”
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