When Is World Grandparents Day 2024. In 2021, pope francis instituted the world day to be observed each year on the fourth sunday of july, close to the liturgical memorial of sts. Joachim and anne, the grandparents.

On this fourth world day devoted to them, let us show our tender love for the grandparents and the elderly members of our families. Grandparents and other elderly people can be the source of vast amounts of experience and insight into the way that the world works.