Pope tells families to spread gifts of love, sacrifice to help others
In early June, Pope Benedict XVI participated in the VII World Meeting of Families. Held in Milan, Italy this year, the next meeting will be held in Philadelphia, PA in 2015, an event which the Holy Father says he will attend.
In his homily at the close of the meeting, Pope Benedict told the group of more than one million, that families are called to receive and to pass on the truths of faith in a spirit of harmony, to live our love for each other and for everyone, sharing joys and sufferings, learning to seek and to grant forgiveness…”
Read his full homily here, along with other reports from the World Meeting of Families.
Popes Homily at Closing Mass of the VII World Meeting of Families
Pope: The Married Family Can Change the World
Pope to Youth: God Calls You to Great Things Today
Benedict XVI’s Dialog with Families
Evangelization – One Family at a Time