Catholic Doctrine: Loneliness Of The Old, A Great

Catholic Doctrine: Loneliness Of The Old, A Great

Neglect of the Elderly: Pope Francis Declares "Loneliness of the Old" a Great Evil

When I heard Pope Francis" comments Wednesday that one of the greatest evils in the world is the loneliness of the old and their need for care and companionship, I immediately thought of Mother Teresa's 1994 speech at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington DC. She said,

I can never forget the experience I had in visiting a home where they kept all these old parents of sons and daughters who had just put them into an institution and forgotten them - maybe. I saw that in that home these old people had everything - good food, comfortable place, television, everything, but everyone was looking toward the door. Ref. Source 9