World Meeting of Families 2022 - WMOF22
The World Meeting of Families (WMOF), initially scheduled in June of 2021, will be held in June 2022 in Rome. The theme is “Family Love: A Vocation and a Path to Holiness.” The WMOF was scheduled to fall on the fifth anniversary of Pope Francis’ apostolic exhortation Amoris laetitia and is organized by the Vatican Dicastery for Laity, Family, and Life.
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