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).

On Thursday, 3 July 2025, the Holy See Press Office announced that His Holiness Pope Leo XIV appointed His Eminence Frank Cardinal Leo, Archbishop of Toronto, as a member of the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue.