Published: 2015-09-20

The place and the role of the elderly people in family in papal teaching in the twenty-first century

Roman CEGLAREK
Studia nad Rodziną
Section: Artykuły
https://doi.org/10.21697/snr.2015.37.2.03

Abstract

In the twenty-first century in Francis’, Benedict XVI and John Paul II teaching it is obvious that they desire to restore the respect towards the elderly people in family and estimate their role as well as their place in it. Popes want the elderly people to be respected and cared with proper concern. Popes prove that the elderly people are not only the beneficiaries but also the donors in family. Therefore, the elderly people are precious support to the young generations, as they pass the yo- ung people wisdom as well as experience of life, the history of the family and the nation, finally, they become the witnesses of faith. According to the aforementioned popes, the respect towards the elderly people, was some kind of determinant of humanism in the past. Undoubtedly, it also should be such now, in order to bear witness the quality of the twenty-first century civilization positively.

Keywords:

the elderly people, family, popes, John Paul II, Benedict XVI, Francis

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CEGLAREK, R. (2015). The place and the role of the elderly people in family in papal teaching in the twenty-first century. Studia Nad Rodziną, 19(2(37), 49–65. https://doi.org/10.21697/snr.2015.37.2.03

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