The theme chosen by Pope Francis for the world meeting of families is “Family Love: A vocation and a path of holiness”. The event will take place in Rome from 23 to 27 June 2021. A statement released by the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life explains that the above-mentioned event will be taking place on the 5th Anniversary of the Apostolic Exhortation Amoris Laetitia and three years after the promulgation of Gaudete et Exsultate aims to emphasize family love as a vocation and way to holiness. The meeting targets to understand and share the profound and redeeming significance of family relationships in daily life”
The statement says that the Conjugal and family Love reveals the precious gift of a life together where the communion is nourished and a culture of individualism, consumption and waste is averted and the Marriage and Family shape a concrete experience of love. The statement concludes that the Christian family is an expression of the “most attractive face of the church”
The last World Meeting of Families was held in Ireland in August 2018 based on the theme “The Gospel of the family: Joy for the world”
