VATICAN (CNS): “Go forward with courage despite every adversity,” there are no compromises when it comes to human life, Pope Francis said to organisers and participants in Italy’s national March for Life on June 22.
In his written message, which was republished by Vatican News on June 21, the pope thanked supporters for their “commitment and public witness in defense of human life from conception to natural death.”
What is at stake is “the absolute dignity of human life, a gift of God the creator,” he wrote. “The stakes are too high to be subjected to compromise or mediation.”
Pope Francis invited those taking part in the march to demonstrate “the beauty of life and the family that welcomes it” so as to build a society “that rejects the throwaway culture for every stage of life: from the most fragile unborn child to the suffering elderly, including victims of trafficking, slavery and all wars.”
The national march, which went through the centre of Rome, brought thousands of families together to say “No” to a throwaway culture of death and advocate for more support for expectant mothers, children, the elderly and the sick, according to organisers.
