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Thousands Turn out for Rome's March for Life—It's "Taking on a Life of Its Own"

Claire Chretien : May 23, 2017  LifeSiteNews.com

"This is a battle between life and death and we need God's help. It's a broken world and broken people need real answers that come from God." -Gianna Jessen

(Rome, Italy)—[LifeSiteNews] Thousands of Italians marched against abortion and euthanasia on Saturday at the nation's annual March for Life (Marcia per la Vita) alongside Cardinal Raymond Burke, Bishop Athanasius Schneider of Kazakhstan, and Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, former Apostolic Nuncio to the United States. (Photo: Rome MFL/via LifeSiteNews.com)

The Rome March for Life is "taking on a life of its own," Father Francesco Giordano, director of Human Life International's Rome office, told LifeSiteNews.

There were groups of priests and religious from the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest, the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter, the Institute of the Incarnate Word, the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate, and the Society of St. Pius X. Students, youth groups, families, and a group of bagpipers from Tradition, Family, Property carried banners and flags. The Italian branch of Rachel's Vineyard and other Christian organizations were represented as well.

The March ended with a rally at which abortion survivor Gianna Jessen urged pro-lifers to be "unashamed of Jesus" and Belgian Professor Stéphane Mercier praised Jesus and the Blessed Virgin Mary. Mercier is facing investigation, and possible sacking, from the Catholic University of Louvain for presenting his students with philosophical arguments against abortion. Jessen was born during a failed saline abortion. (Photo: Rome MFL/via LifeSiteNews.com)

"This is a battle between life and death and we need God's help," she said. "It's a broken world and broken people need real answers that come from God"...

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