AMERICA/PERU - Message for the Day of the Unborn Child: “Life is always an inestimable gift and every time a new life comes into the world we can perceive the creative power of God.”

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Lima (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishops' Committee for the Family, of the Peruvian Bishops' Conference has issued a statement, in reference to the celebration of the Day of the Unborn Child, asking all Peruvians to defend and love life from conception, as “life is always an inestimable gift and every time a new life comes into the world we can perceive the creative power of God.” In their Message, entitled “Love it and Defend it,” the Bishops' Committee for the Family asks society to think of those tiny members of the family still inside their mothers' wombs. They say that life is an “inestimable gift,” in which we perceive the creative power of God and that this fact should move our hearts to love this child that – apart from the circumstances of his conception – hopes to be born. We should also feel the need to defend him and protect him from the threats that are often hidden in slogans such as “social justice” or “sexual and reproductive rights.”
Various initiatives are taking place all over the country, in honor of this Day. In the capital city, Lima, there will be a March for Life on Saturday, March 28, organized by the Center for the Family and Natural Family Planning (CEPROFARENA). The March will be attended by hundreds of people who will line the streets to encourage society to defend life from conception. It begins at 10am and will end at the “Parque Las Americas,” where there will be a pro-life musical concert, to encourage defense for life and “being the voice for those who have no voice.”
The Archdiocese of Piura celebrated the Day of the Unborn Child with a Mass and a March on the 22 of March, at the Basilica of Piura, presided by Archbishop Jose Antonio Eguren Anselmi, SCV of Piura, President of the Bishops' Committee on the Family. At the close of the Mass, the Archbishop gave a special blessing for pregnant women and all women who have not been able to have children. Later, there was a March for Life, through the main streets of the city, which was also attended by children, youth, and adults, with floats, banners, and white balloons, all with the purpose of encouraging society to give thanks to God for the wonderful gift of Life. (RG) (Agenzia Fides 24/3/2009)