Reflections on life, meaning and purpose

Theme of Pope’s general audience: ‘Old age, a resource for carefree youth’ (CWN)

On March 16, Pope Francis continued his series of Wednesday general audiences devoted to old age. The February 23 audience, the first in the series, was entitled “The Grace of Time and the Covenant of the Ages of Life”; the second, on March 2, was devoted to “longevity, symbol and opportunity.”