AMERICA/ECUADOR - 1st national Pro-life and Pro-family Congress to increase awareness of the value of life and the family under attack from the present day culture of death

Monday, 26 February 2007

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Guayaquil (Fides Service) - On the occasion of the 25 March, the Day of the Unborn Child established by the Ecuadorian government (see Fides 3/6/2006), the Catholic Bishops Conference, the archdiocese of Guayaquil and the National Council of Lay Catholics have organised the first national congress Pro-Life and Pro-Family 21 to 25 March in Guayaquil on the theme "The whole Truth on Life and the Family". In view of the threats to life and the family the organisers urge Catholics and all men and women of goodwill to denounce this culture of death and proclaim the whole truth on life and the family in the light of the Gospel, the teaching of the Church and scientific knowledge, becoming apostles of prayer and propagators of the culture of life.
The Congress will reflect on three key themes: Human Life is Sacred; Family, Sanctuary of Life; The Law must protect Life and the Family. Each of these themes. Life, Family, Law - has been the subject of reflection on dioceses all over the country in preparation for the Congress in Guayaquil.
Some 3,500 delegates are expected to attend. Speakers will include Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani Archbishop of Lima, Peru; Cardinal Pedro Rubiano Sáenz Archbishop of Bogota Colombia and Cardinal Antonio González Zumárraga Archbishop of Quito Ecuador. The Congress will include a Pro Life Exhibition, a cultural festival and a pilgrimage-march on March 25. Theses events are open to the public. The Congress findings and resolutions will be made public and studied in dioceses all over the country to encourage the formation of a Pro-Life Network across the nation. (RG) (Agenzia Fides 26/2/2007; righe 22, parole 312)