WHEN:  Monday, March 19, 10-11am

WHERE: The Zenger Room of The National Press Club, Washington, D.C.

Contact: Don Feder, 508-405-1337, 508-395-0142 cell; Larry Jacobs, 513-515-3685 cell; both for the World Congress of Families

WASHINGTON, Mar. 19 /Christian Newswire/ -- Participants will discuss World Congress of Families IV -- the largest international gathering of pro-family leaders, activists, scholars and parliamentarians.  The theme of the Congress -- which will take place in Warsaw, May 11-13 -- is "Beyond Demographic Winter: The Natural Family As The Springtime of Nations."

More than 3,500 delegates from over 70 countries will participate in the Warsaw Congress. Co-sponsors include many of the largest pro-family groups in America. (Go to www.worldcongress.org for a complete list of co-sponsors.)

Speakers at the Press Conference will include:

• Allan Carlson – founder and International Secretary of the World Congress of Families and president of The Howard Center for Family, Religion & Society

• Dr. Janice Crouse – Senior Fellow, Beverly LaHaye Institute, Concerned Women For America

• Patrick Fagan – Senior Fellow in Family and Cultural Issues, The Heritage Foundation

• C. Gwendolyn Landolt – National Vice President, Real Women of Canada

• Austin Ruse – President, Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute

• William L. Saunders, Jr. – Senior Fellow and Director of the Center for Human Life and Bioethics, Family Research Council

George Marlin, Chairman of The Philadelphia Trust Company, Board Chairman of The Howard Center For Family, Religion & Society and author of The American Catholic Voter: Two Hundred Years Of Political Impact, will moderate.

At the press conference, there will be a special announcement regarding Polish President Lech Kaczynski's participation in the Warsaw Congress.

For more information, contact: Don Feder, communications director, at (508) 405-1337 or cell (508) 395-0142 or Larry Jacobs, cell (513) 515-3685.