Rimini Meeting
Annual Catholic festival held in Italy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Meeting for Friendship Amongst Peoples (Italian: Meeting per l'amicizia fra i popoli), more commonly known as the Rimini Meeting (Italian: Meeting di Rimini), is an annual lay Catholic festival held every year in Rimini, Italy, in the last week of August.
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Meeting for Friendship Amongst Peoples Meeting per l'amicizia fra i popoli | |
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Status | Active |
Genre | Religious festival |
Frequency | Annually |
Venue | Rimini Fiera |
Location(s) | Rimini |
Country | Italy |
Inaugurated | 23 August 1980; 43 years ago (1980-08-23) |
Attendance | 800,000 (2022) • 80,000 in-person • 720,000 online |
Organized by | Communion and Liberation |
Website | www |
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Inaugurated in 1980, the Meeting is the flagship event of Communion and Liberation, an international association of the faithful.[1][2] It is a significant event in domestic politics, attracting high-profile guest speakers, and receives notable coverage in the Italian press.[3][4]