In a video posted on social media, Auxiliary Bishop Francisco Javier Acero of the Primatial Archdiocese of Mexico encouraged participation in the March for Life in Mexico City this Saturday, April 25, which will begin at the Monument of the Revolution at 10 a.m. local time.
Emphasizing that “our primary goal is to take care of life, to love it and, above all, to protect the most vulnerable,” Acero invited everyone to “participate in the march” to “show the beauty of life and continue to protect it.”
Traditionally held in April to commemorate the victims of the decriminalization of abortion on demand up to 12 weeks of pregnancy, which the Mexico City government passed in 2007, the March for Life, organized by the Steps for Life platform for the past 15 years, attracts thousands of people.
In an April 19 editorial in its weekly publication Desde la Fe (From a Faith Perspective), the Primate Archdiocese of Mexico described the knowledge as “hope-inspiring” that “a new generation has become convinced of the need to care for our common home and our neighbor.”
“We affirm, on the basis of science and anthropology, that human beings possess inherent dignity simply by existing regardless of their circumstances: from the moment life begins at fertilization, through all stages of life and until death. Therefore, it is not lawful to kill, enslave, capture, or torture any human being at any time,” the editorial stressed.
The archdiocese said that “Abortion, euthanasia and suicide are scourges that attack our humanity by masquerading as legitimate solutions in the face of suffering.”
Although the editorial said, “We do not judge those who resort to any of these measures,” it stressed that “neither can we, as a society, present these three issues as solutions, nor as a right.”
“Trivializing the importance of life corrupts society, making it easier to attack life and dignity through acts such as human trafficking, which constitute the new slavery as well as kidnapping and murder,” the editorial said.
As the 19th anniversary of the decriminalization of abortion up to 12 weeks of pregnancy approaches, “there is nothing to celebrate,” the Archdiocese of Mexico said, because “hundreds of thousands of human beings have been exterminated, while a health policy regarding abortion as a symbol of a surrendered state has demonstrated that it has not improved the situation of women, but has turned pregnancy into a stigma, from which no one has the opportunity to be free.” Must try.”
The editorial said, “We entrust these new generations to Mary Most Holy, so that just as she said ‘yes’ to God and life at a very young age, she may continue to fill them with courage and love and that this may always be reflected in her service to the most vulnerable.”
this story was first published By ACI Prensa, the Spanish-language affiliate of EWTN News. It has been translated and adapted by EWTN News English.
