It was being speculated whether Pope Francis would attend
The World Meeting of Families takes place every three years. It was started by St John Paul in 1994. In 2015, it was in Philadelphia, USA. In 2018 the gathering will take place in Dublin. It was being speculated whether Pope Francis would attend the August 2018 event. The Catholic world looks forward to what they call an uplifting event for them. :-)----------------
".. The next World Meeting of Families will be held in Dublin in 2018, it has been announced. .."
".. It has not been revealed whether the Pope will attend the 2018 event, but if he did it would be the first papal trip to Ireland since St John Paul’s 1979 visit. .."
Find this at http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/news/2015/09/28/world-meeting-of-families-2018-will-be-held-in-dublin . This news item is from 2015 September. .. Incidentally news has just arrived that the Pope will attend the gathering. Dates are from 22nd to 26th August 2018. See https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2018/03/21/pope-attend-world-meeting-families-dublin also.
World Meeting Of Families is one of the largest Catholic World Events.
Following is from Wikipedia:-
"The World Meeting of Families Congress is a gathering of the Roman Catholic Church that has occurred every three years since 1994. It is organized by the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life, which "promotes the pastoral care of families, protects their rights and dignity in the Church and in civil society, so that they may ever be more able to fulfill their duties." .. The most recent meeting took place in Philadelphia and the next meeting is scheduled to take place in Dublin, Ireland, from 22 to 26 August 2018."
The event has a website and the address is https://www.worldmeeting2018.ie . The event has a Twitter Handle and the address is http://www.twitter.com/WMOF2018 .
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