Contact: Don Feder, Director, WCF Communications, 508-405-1337, dfeder@rcn.com; The Howard Center for Family, Religion, & Society, 815-964-5819, media@worldcongress.org, media@profam.org

ROCKFORD, Ill., Feb. 4, 2014 /Christian Newswire/ -- Press conference details submitted by World Congress of Families listed below: 

WHERE: At the National Press Club, Zenger room  (529 14th St., NW, Washington, DC)
 
WHEN: Wednesday, February 5, 2014, 2;00 to 3:00 PM
 
WHO: 
 
Larry Jacobs -- World Congress of Families Managing Director
 
Austin Ruse -- President, Catholic Family & Human Rights Institute
 
Alexey Komov -- WCF Representative in Russia and the CIS, Executive Director of WCF VIII Local Organizing Committee
 
Janice Shaw Crouse, Ph.D. -- Senior Fellow, The Beverly LaHaye Institute of Concerned Women for America
 
Each will speak for 3 minutes to be followed by Q&A.

World Congress of Families VIII with the theme "Every Child A Gift: Large Families, the Future of Humanity" will be held in Moscow, September 10-12, 2014 to gather all people  of goodwill who affirm the natural family as the fundamental institution for a prosperous society.  Over 5,000 delegates and leaders are expected to attend.  The opening session of WCF VIII will be in the Congress Hall of the Kremlin Palace.  A special WCF parliamentary session will also be held in the Russian Duma and a special scientific forum at St Petersburg State University.   The closing ceremony will be held at Moscow's Christ the Savior Cathedral -- the tallest Orthodox Cathedral in the world.  For more information visit www.worldcongress.org and the Russian websites at www.worldcongress.ru and www.familypolicy.ru.