Mexican bishop encourages participation in April 25 March for Life in Mexico City

In a video posted on social media, Auxiliary Bishop Francisco Javier Acero of the Primatial Archdiocese of Mexico encouraged participation this Saturday, April 25, in the March for Life in Mexico City, which will begin at the Monument to the Revolution at 10 a.m. local time.

Acero emphasized that “our primary goal is to care for life, to love it, and, above all, to protect the most vulnerable,“ extending an invitation to ”take part in the march” in order to “show the beauty of life and continue protecting it.”

Traditionally held in April to commemorate the victims of the decriminalization of abortion on demand for up to 12 weeks’ gestation, which was passed by  Mexico Cityʼs government in 2007, the March for Life, organized by the Steps for Life platform for the past 15 years, attracts tens of thousands of people.

In an April 19 editorial of its weekly publication Desde la Fe (From a Faith Perspective), the Primatial Archdiocese of Mexico described as “hope-inspiring” the “knowledge that a new generation has become convinced of the need to care for our common home and for our neighbor.”

“We affirm, grounded in science and anthropology, that the human being possesses inherent dignity simply by existing, regardless of its circumstances: from the moment life begins at fertilization, throughout all stages of life, and until death. Therefore, it is not licit to kill, enslave, capture, or torture any human being at any time,” the editorial emphasized.

The archdiocese said that “abortion, euthanasia, and suicide are scourges that attack our humanity, wearing the mask of being valid solutions in the face of suffering.”

Although the editorial stated, “We do not judge those who resort to any of these measures,” it emphasized that “neither can we, as a society, present these three issues as solutions, nor as rights.”

“Trivializing the importance of life contaminates society, making it easier to attack life and dignity through actions such as human trafficking, which constitutes the new slavery, as well as kidnapping and murder,” the editorial stated.

With the 19th anniversary of the decriminalization of abortion up to 12 weeks’ gestation coming up, “there is nothing to celebrate,” the Archdiocese of Mexico pointed out, for “hundreds of thousands of human beings have been eliminated, while the health policy regarding abortion as a symbol of a capitulating state has demonstrated that it has not improved the situation of women but has instead turned pregnancy into a stigma from which one must seek to be liberated.”

“We entrust these new generations to Mary Most Holy, so that just as she while still very young gave her ‘yes’ to God and to life, she may continue to imbue them with courage and love, and that this may always be reflected in their service to the most vulnerable,” the editorial stated.

This story was first published by ACI Prensa, the Spanish-language sister service of EWTN News. It has been translated and adapted by EWTN News English.