Pope will visit Philadelphia in 2015 for World Meeting of Families

Catholic Culture ^ | July 25, 2014 | Diogenes

[NYer]

Archbishop Charles Chaput has disclosed the Pope Francis plans to attend the World Meeting of Families, to be held September 2015 in Philadelphia.

Although the Vatican has not made an official announcement, the Pope "has told me he is coming," Archbishop Chaput said. He said that the Pontiff would be in Philadelphia for the final 3 days of the meeting, September 25-27. (As a rule, the Vatican does not formally confirm papal trips until a few weeks before they take place.)

The archbishop also announced that Pope St. John Paul II and St. Gianna Molla are the patron saints of the meeting.

The two “had a deep and abiding commitment to strengthening the family and sustaining it with love,” he said at a recent Mass. “This historic event will give thousands from around the globe the opportunity to share in the same commitment of our patron saints.”

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• Archbishop names patron saints for World Meeting of Families (CatholicPhilly.com)

• Archbishop Chaput confirms pope to visit Philadelphia in September 2015 (CNS)

[NYer]

Ping!

[showme_the_Glory]

brotherly love?

[Loyalist]

There ain’t a tougher stadium crowd than in Philly.

[SevenofNine]

No Raider fans are toughest LOL!

[Salvation]

Plan for it — September 2015!

[vladimir998]

Philadelphia fans sometimes physically assault their own players. Raider fans are shrinking violets by comparison.

They nearly killed Santa! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWvza6en5Rg

Hostile Fans: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yE7a-3fB8MQ

[Jeff Chandler]

World Meeting of Families? All of us? I hope they have a lot of hotel space in Philly.

[Coleus]

The planning committee has asked for 5,000 Knights of Columbus from 4 states to volunteer and what I don't understand is that many news agencies were reporting today that it's not a done deal, not confirmed...I know most of the major networks I saw tonight and some internet sites like yahoo that I read this morning, reported that it's not confirmed.....it was known for many months, almost a year,  and there is a website for it too, well, not exactly for the Pope, for the World Meeting of Families, where we've known that the Pope was going to visit there. Both the Supreme Convention and the Pope's visit will be in Philadelphia about 7 weeks apart in 2015, Convention in August, Pope's visit in Sept..

http://www.worldmeeting2015.org/?page=news

 

 

    

 

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[bboop]

We are going/ taking our son and his wife. Anyone know where in Philadelphia this might be held? ie, where we might book a hotel room? I am nervous about downtown, after having visited the Liberty Bell and stayed in that area.

[bboop]

I think the Vatican confirmed yesterday that the Pope will be there - Vatican News Service or EWTN, one of the Catholic news agencies, I think I recall.

[SevenofNine]

Oh you got point there LOL!

Never mind I forgot about poor Santa Claus

[morphing libertarian]

I hope he gets in some range time just before the visit.