Young People from Canada to Gather in Rome for the Jubilee of Youth 2025

World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly (WDGE), which will take place on Sunday, 27 July 2025. Pope Francis instituted WDGE in 2021 to be celebrated by the universal Church every July, on or near the liturgical Memorial of Saints Joachim and Anne, grandparents of Jesus. This year’s theme is “Blessed are those who have not lost hope” (cf. Sir 14:2).