MILAN, Italy — The Archdiocese of Philadelphia will host the next World Meeting of Families in 2015, an event attended by hundreds of thousands of people from all over the world. It will be the first time the event, established by Blessed John Paul II in 1994, will be held in the United States.
Pope Benedict XVI made the announcement June 3 after the five-day event’s closing Mass to some 850,000 people gathered at Milan’s outdoor Bresso park.
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As Pope Benedict XVI presides over the World Meeting of Families in Milan, Italy, CNS Rome correspondent Carol Glatz discusses some of the pope's major concerns about families today.