Pope lights torch for Family Week in Rome at audience

(Vatican Radio)  Pope Francis lit a symbolic torch at his Wednesday General Audience for the 'Week of the Family‘ event to be held by the Diocese of Rome on 2-8 October.

The Holy Father said the flame was a ‘symbol of the love of Roman families and those of the whole world’.

The ‘Week of the Family’ seeks to highlight the centrality of the family in Rome and to rediscover its beauty.