By our correspondent
Thrissur, Aug 12 (IVC) A mass rally with the participation of hundreds of people as the Indian edition of ‘March for Life’ was held here on Aug 10, highlighting the slogan ‘With Every Woman, For Every Child’.
The March for Life is an annual rally against the practice and legality of abortion. The theme stresses the need to care for both mother and child. The rally under the auspices of the Catholic Church commenced from the Saint Thomas College, in the heart of the City and it took around the Thekkinkadu Maidan for terminating it at the the college itself.
The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India’s(CBCI) President and Thrissur Archbishop, Mar Andrews Thazhath and the Vice – President of the Kerala Catholic Bishops’ Council (KCBC) and Irinjalakuda Bishop, Mar Pauly Kannokkadan led the rally.
Accompanied by band set, thousands of people, including Archbishops, bishops, national and international representatives of the movement and several devotees and faithful from various dioceses from across the State actively participated in the rally. Percussion instruments players at their best and tableaux made the rally a colorful event.
