On Thursday 30 March 2017, at 11.00, in the Holy See Press Office in Via della Conciliazione 54, a press conference will be held to present the Holy Father Francis’ Letter for the Ninth World Meeting of Families, to be held from 21 to 26 August 2018 in Dublin, Ireland, on the theme: The Gospel of the Family: joy for the world.

The speakers will be:

His Eminence Cardinal Kevin Joseph Farrell, prefect of the Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life;

His Excellency Msgr. Diarmuid Martin, archbishop of Dublin, Ireland.