AMERICA/ECUADOR - The Archbishop of Quito states: “A Catholic cannot be pro-abortion"

Quito (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Quito, Raúl Vera issued a statement with his auxiliary Bishops, René Cobagalarza and Danilo Echeverría, expressing profound concern for a pro-abortion banner found at the foot of a statue of Our Lady of Quito on 17 June, and calling for an act of reparation to God and to His most Holy Mother.
The Bishops abhor the declared intention of the perpetrators, the 'Coalition of Women for the de-penalisation of abortion' , to invoke the Blessed Virgin Mother as the model for all woman and to promote the 'abominable crime of abortion'
The Bishops recall the Catholic teaching that life is sacred from conception to natural end, abortion is always a serious crime, and a culture of life must be promoted to defend all life, not least the life of the unborn child.
The Bishops profoundly reject the act of profanation and remind the people " a Catholic cannot be pro- abortion". They recall that no one, not even a mother, may take the life of the innocent unborn defenceless child, denying them right to be born to eternal life in the regenerating water of baptism.
Requesting individual and community acts of reparation to God and the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Archbishop of Quito announced a special recitation of the Rosary in front of the statue of Our Lady of Quito on Saturday 28 June as a public act of reparation. (RG) (Agenzia Fides 27/6/2008)