World Meeting of Families

World Meeting of Families

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Date	City	Country	Theme	Notes

1994	Rome	Italy	The Family, the Heart of the Civilization of Love

1997	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	The Family: Gift and Commitment, the hope of humanity

2000	Rome	Italy	Children: Springtime of the Family and of the Church	Part of the Great Jubilee

2003	Manila	Philippines	The Christian Family: Good News for the Third Millennium.	Pope John Paul II was unable to attend due to the progression of his Parkinson's disease.

2006	Valencia	Spain	Handing on the Faith in the Family

2009	Mexico City	Mexico	The Family: Teacher of Human and Christian Values

2012	Milan	Italy	Family, Work & Celebration

2015	Philadelphia	United States	Love is our mission: The family fully alive

2018	Dublin	Ireland	The Gospel of the Family: Joy for the World	Pope Francis's visit to Ireland was centred on the meeting.

2021	Rome	Italy	5th Anniversary of the Apostolic Exhortation of Amoris laetitia and Synod of Youth

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The most recent World Meeting of Families took place in Dublin and the next meeting is scheduled to take place in Rome, Italy in 2021.

final_sentence: The most recent World Meeting of Families took place in Dublin and the next meeting is scheduled to take place in Rome, Italy in 2021.