The World Meeting of Families was held in Rome for the second time since 1994. The theme of this year’s meeting, attended by some 2,000 families, was “Family love: a vocation and a path to holiness”. The event began with the Feast of Families, which Pope Francis celebrated in the in the presence of 4,500 people in the Paul VI Hall. On Saturday evening, a solemn closing Mass was celebrated, at the end of which a missionary sending-out of families was given. During the closing Mass, the Pope reminded the participants of the meaning of Christ’s Passion and of what the Christian logic teaches. Pope Francis recalled that Christ, through his suffering and death, freed us from the slavery of self-centredness and set us free to love others better.