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        "rendered": "<p>\u201cI will not forget you\u201d (Isaiah 49:15) is the theme chosen by Pope Leo XIV for the sixth World Day of Grandparents and the Elderly, which this year will take place on Sunday, July 26.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will not forget you\u201d (Isaiah 49:15) is the theme chosen by Pope Leo XIV for the sixth World Day of Grandparents and the Elderly, which this year will take place on Sunday, July 26.<\/p>\n<p>According to a Feb. 10 statement from the Dicastery for the Laity, the Family, and Life, the verse chosen by the Holy Father \u201cis meant to emphasize how God\u2019s love for every person never fails, not even in the frailty of old age.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Taken from the book of the prophet Isaiah, the theme also aims to be \u201ca message of comfort and hope for all grandparents and the elderly,\u201d especially those who live alone or feel forgotten.<\/p>\n<p>The Vatican dicastery emphasized that it is also an invitation to families and ecclesial communities not to forget the elderly and to recognize in them \u201ca precious presence and a blessing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>World Grandparents\u2019 Day was instituted by Pope Francis in 2021 and is celebrated every fourth Sunday of July. It is an opportunity to show the elderly the closeness of the Church and to value their contribution to families and communities.<\/p>\n<p>This year, the date coincides with the feast of Sts. Joachim and Anne, the maternal grandparents of Jesus Christ, on Sunday, July 26, and the Holy Father invited everyone to celebrate the day with a Eucharistic liturgy in the cathedral church of their diocese.<\/p>\n<p>The Dicastery for the Laity, the Family, and Life also urged particular Churches and ecclesial communities throughout the world to find ways to celebrate the day in their own local contexts.<\/p>\n<p>Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first World Day of Grandparents in July 2025, an occasion on which he encouraged the faithful to participate in the \u201crevolution\u201d of care for the elderly.<\/p>\n<p>This story\u00a0was first published\u00a0by ACI Prensa, the Spanish-language sister service of EWTN News. It has been translated and adapted by EWTN News English.<\/p>\n<p><em>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/ewtnvatican.com\/articles\/pope-leo-xiv-theme-world-day-grandparents-elderly-2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/ewtnvatican.com\/articles\/pope-leo-xiv-theme-world-day-grandparents-elderly-2026<\/a><\/em><\/p>",
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