Vatican City, 26 June, 2022 / 10:30 am (ACI Africa).
The next World Meeting of Families will be held in 2028, Cardinal Kevin Farrell announced on Saturday in St. Peter’s Square.
The prefect of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Laity, Family, and Life, made the announcement at the end of Mass for the 10th World Meeting of Families, which will end on June 26.
He also said a “Jubilee of Families” will take place with Pope Francis in 2025, the Catholic Church’s next Jubilee Year.
The cardinal, whose office helps organize the international event, did not say which city will host the 11th edition of the gathering in six years’ time.
He said: “I am also pleased to announce that the next gathering of families with Pope Francis will be the ‘Jubilee of Families,’ which will be celebrated here in Rome as part of the 2025 Jubilee, while the 11th World Meeting of Families will take place in 2028.”