World Meeting of Families 2015
Church leaders affirm commitment to family as world meeting kicks off
Known as the City of Brotherly Love, Philadelphia will be "the city of family love" and the "world capital of families" during the four-day World Meeting of Families, said Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, president of the Pontifical Council for the Family.
Archbishop Chaput leads 10,000 in prayer at World Meeting Mass
The archbishop celebrated Mass for the intentions of the family, along with 100 bishops and 600 priests, on the first day of the World Meeting of Families.
World Meeting opens, welcoming thousands of families to city
Some 18,000 people filled the Pa. Convention Center in Philadelphia for the World Meeting of Families. Some came from afar, some came brightly attired, all came exuding joy.
Bishop tells families to be God’s image for secularized society
Being created in the image of God is a mission, an adventure and a command that each Catholic is called to carry out into the world and something we need to rediscover as people of faith living in today's secularized culture, said Auxiliary Bishop Robert E. Barron of Los Angeles Sept. 21.
Talk examines family as ‘home of holy anarchy’
The free panel discussion at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 22 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center features one of Europe's leading Christian scholars, a cardinal, and two local professors who are each mothers of four children.
Film Festival highlights Catholic Philadelphia
From dramas old and new, to musicals and perennial favorites, the World Meeting of Families presents more than a dozen movies to inspire film buffs in the city this week.
Across the Aisles: Mass for World Meeting of Families
The Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul hosted a Mass celebrated by Archbishop Charles Chaput on Sunday, Sept. 20 to begin the week of World Meeting of Families' festivities in Philadelphia. See our photo gallery.
Volunteers ready to go for World Meeting
Some of the 10,000 volunteers helping at World Meeting of Families' events this week picked up their brightly colored T-shirts and got ready to work, after getting to know one another. See our photo gallery.
Long, winding road of church in Philadelphia comes to TV
“Urban Trinity: the Story of Catholic Philadelphia” airs in three parts this week on 6ABC Channel 6, and in its entirety at the World Meeting of Families Film Festival.
Thanks to financial aid, 480 more couples to attend World Meeting
The World Meeting of Families provided scholarships to help poorer families from around the globe and the U.S. to participate in the congress that begins this week in Philadelphia.