{"id":94056,"date":"2016-05-09T21:13:12","date_gmt":"2016-05-10T01:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=94056"},"modified":"2016-05-09T21:13:12","modified_gmt":"2016-05-10T01:13:12","slug":"over-30000-people-join-march-for-life-in-rome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/over-30000-people-join-march-for-life-in-rome\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 30,000 people join March for Life in Rome"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>On Sunday, tens of thousands of pro-lifers marched through the streets of Rome\u00a0during the city&#8217;s annual March for Life. Members of Italy&#8217;s pro-life movement sang songs and waved signs calling for the repeal of the\u00a0nation&#8217;s &#8220;Law 194,&#8221; which legalized abortion in 1978.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Breitbart <a href=\"http:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/abortion\/2016\/05\/09\/tens-thousands-march-abortion-rome\/\">reports<\/a> that the\u00a0crowd, including religious leaders, activists,\u00a0and families, &#8220;marched through Piazza Venezia and then through central Rome until finally crossing the Tiber River and parading into Saint Peter\u2019s Square.&#8221; Organizers of the march <a href=\"http:\/\/www.catholicnews.com\/services\/englishnews\/2016\/international-participation-high-at-italian-march-for-life.cfm\">announced<\/a> that over 100 pro-life organizations participated in the event, including activists from 30 countries.<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-container\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"it\" dir=\"ltr\">\u2764 \u2764\u2764  GRAZIE di CUORE a TUTTI i PARTECIPANTI alla Marcia per la Vita !!!\u2764\u2764\u2764 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NKwQJH40sF\">pic.twitter.com\/NKwQJH40sF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Marcia per la Vita (@marciaperlavita) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/marciaperlavita\/status\/729340892935524353\">May 8, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>The conclusion of the march was scheduled to coincide with Pope Francis&#8217;\u00a0midday prayer at Saint Peter&#8217;s Square.\u00a0The pope, who has been an outspoken advocate for pro-life values, reportedly greeted the\u00a0marchers with\u00a0words of encouragement, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.catholicnews.com\/services\/englishnews\/2016\/international-participation-high-at-italian-march-for-life.cfm\">according to Catholic News Service<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">The pope greeted the marchers, who were led by U.S. Cardinal Raymond L. Burke, patron of the Knights and Dames of Malta; Archbishop Luigi Negri of Ferrara-Comacchio, Italy; and Auxiliary Bishop Athanasius Schneider of Astana, Kazakhstan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;\u00a0Although the march is not sponsored by the Catholic Church or a particular Catholic group, hundreds of priests and religious joined the marchers.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>CNS also\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.catholicnews.com\/services\/englishnews\/2016\/international-participation-high-at-italian-march-for-life.cfm\">reports<\/a> that, in addition to supporting the end of legalized abortion in Italy, some marchers held signs encouraging Italian lawmakers to reject proposed legislation that would legalize euthanasia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Sunday, tens of thousands of pro-lifers marched through the streets of Rome\u00a0during the city&#8217;s annual March for Life. 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