May 15-16, 2016

"Human mobility, which corresponds to the natural historical movement of peoples, can prove to be a genuine enrichment for both families that migrate and countries that welcome them."

- Pope Francis, from paragraph 46 of Amoris Laetitia (The Joy of Love), apostolic exhortation following the Synod of Bishops on the Family, released April 8, 2016

May 15 is International Day of Families, created by a U.N. resolution in 1993. Learn more about the 2016 focus on sustainability and healthy families.