by Gualbert a Garcia Jones, J.D. : Mar 15, 2016 : http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/peruvians-march-to-protect- life-in-the-womb - LifeSiteNews
Peru, along with other Latin American nations that
defend the right to life from conception, have been under an unremitting
assault from international abortion activists, who have found allies in
some of the political elites of leftists political parties.
(Peru)—For
the fourth year in a row, Peruvian pro-lifers took to the streets of
Lima to defend the right to life of all persons from conception to
natural death. (Photo via LifeSiteNews.com)
Organizers estimate that over 750,000 people participated in the annual March for Life on Saturday.
Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani, the archbishop
of Lima, who has taken a visible and active role in the defense of life
in Peru, stated that "this march has brought together the greatest
number of citizens ever in Peru's history, all of them united by one
idea and one mission, to defend the paramount right to life."
Cardinal Cipriani addressed the
multitudinous gathering telling them that "I feel very proud to be with
you at this march. Peru is showing Latin America and Europe that we can
change our way of thinking. We must support life, the family, and we
must have the courage to take to the streets. They will not silence us.
We will always take to the streets to defend life."
The March began at 3 pm with an address by
the auxiliary bishop of Lima, Msgr. Adriano Tomasi, and proceeded
through several neighborhoods of Lima before ending at a beach on the
Costa Verde (the green coast). Pro-lifers were then treated to a concert
and several talks, among them one by Lianna Rebelledo, a rape survivor
who became pregnant by rape and, although only 12 years old, refused to
abort.
Also attending the March were several
presidential and vice presidential candidates, such as Hernando Guerra,
Lourdes Flores, and Ántero Flores-Araoz, who...
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