Bookings for World Meeting of Families events in Dublin ‘break all records’
Over 353,000 tickets for pope’s Phoenix Park Mass booked on first day, says bishop
A total of 353,874 tickets were sold for Pope Francis’ Mass in the Phoenix Park on the first day they went on sale. Photograph: Andrew Medichini/AP
Bookings for World Meeting of Families events in Dublin next month “before it ever starts, has already exceeded all records,” Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin Denis Nulty has said.
The event, which began in Rome in 1994, has taken place every three years since. Other cities where it has been hosted include Rio de Janeiro (1997), Manila (2003), Valencia (2006), Mexico City (2009), Milan (2012), and Philadelphia (2015). It has been in Rome twice, in 1994 and 2000.