Dublin
to host 9th World Meeting of Families in 2018
The
President of the Pontifical Council for Families,
Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, has announced that the next World Meeting
of Families will be held in 2018 in Dublin, Ireland. He made the announcement
on Sunday in Philadelphia, USA, at the end of the concluding Holy Mass of the
World Meeting of Families 2015. The World Meeting of Families is an event that
takes place every three years. It was started by St. Pope John Paul II in 1994 with
the aim of celebrating the church's role in building the family. The Dublin
Meeting will be the ninth.
Archbishop
Eamon Martin, the Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland, said he was
"delighted" about the news.
"Three
years ago the 50th International Eucharistic Congress was a great celebration
of faith for Ireland, and it attracted pilgrims from all around the
world," he said. "I am confident that the World Meeting of Families
in 2018 will also be an uplifting event for all of us."
The Archbishop said the preparations for the 2018 World Meeting of Families will "inspire" the Church in Ireland as they implement, over the next few years, the recommendations which will emerge from the Synod on the Family in Rome next month.
"Despite many challenges, the family remains at the heart of faith and of so much that we hold important in this country," Archbishop Martin said.
The Archbishop said the preparations for the 2018 World Meeting of Families will "inspire" the Church in Ireland as they implement, over the next few years, the recommendations which will emerge from the Synod on the Family in Rome next month.
"Despite many challenges, the family remains at the heart of faith and of so much that we hold important in this country," Archbishop Martin said.
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