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Catholic Doctrine Loneliness Old Great - Studies of Catholicism - Posted: 5th Oct, 2013 - 11:17am
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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
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