750 thousand people participated in the March for Life in Lima, Peru. In Peru, the right to life from conception is protected by the Constitution of Peru, the Civil Code, the Code of Children and Adolescents and the American Convention on Human Rights. Their annual march takes place on March 25, which is Children's Day for the Unborn. This is not only a march but an artistic and musical event. Both Catholics of the Archdiocese of Lima, and Christians of different denominations attended. Crowds of young people, pregnant mothers, families with children and babies, the elderly and disabled joined the event. Political leaders and members of Congress were present also. The Archbishop of Lima and Primate of Peru, Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani, remembered the blessing of Pope Francis to the March for Life and explained they "are men of peace, we are tolerant men, we want everyone to have that freedom of expression ". "That's why we have it expressed this way today, it really is a youth that gives us great hope, actually you can make the change," he said. The Cardinal prayed that God protect the family and "the woman who for some reason was weak and fell in the misfortune of abortion, because you have to forgive." "But we can not easily let them say that abortion is a right, it's not a right, it's murder!" the Cardinal said.
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