{"id":18846,"date":"2017-03-22T12:01:00","date_gmt":"2017-03-22T12:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/march-for-life-peace-and-migrants-in-tijuana-draws-30000-27129\/"},"modified":"2017-03-22T12:01:00","modified_gmt":"2017-03-22T12:01:00","slug":"march-for-life-peace-and-migrants-in-tijuana-draws-30000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2017\/03\/march-for-life-peace-and-migrants-in-tijuana-draws-30000\/","title":{"rendered":"March for life, peace and migrants in Tijuana draws 30,000"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/images\/size340\/Prayer_Credit_Zoltan_Voros_via_Flickr_CC_BY_20_CNA_6_29_15.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Mexico City, Mexico, Mar 22, 2017 \/ 06:01 am (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">CNA\/EWTN News<\/a>).- Some 30,000 people gathered last Sunday for the 17th March for Life, Peace and Migrants in Tijuana, Mexico.<\/p>\n<p>Led by the Archbishop of Tijuana, Francisco Moreno Barr\u00f3n, participants marched from the former bullfighting stadium, Toreo de Tijuana, to the Tijuana Auditorium, where they arrived at 11:30 am.<\/p>\n<p>Before the march on March 19, the Archbishop of Tijuana prayed for the migrants and young people depicted on the wall at Aeropuerto y Cuauht\u00e9moc Norte Boulevard. \u201cWe want to make present on this wall all our brother migrants, not just those who cross this border, but all the migrants from all over the world,\u201d the prelate said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe entire human community is one family, which came forth from the hands of God out of love. And we are called to live united in love as one family,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The archbishop said that \u201cunfortunately because of selfishness in the world, the selfishness in the human heart, walls have been raised up, not just in past times, but also in the present, which seek to divide us, alienate us and also at times to confront us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Instead of walls, he said, what is needed are \u201cspaces, elements, bridges which would rather bring us closer together and help us build fraternity, so that we can live in peace and realize in our midst God's dream for his children: that they live united and in peace.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The State Government Religious Affairs officer, Marco Antonio Gonz\u00e1lez, representing the Government Undersecretary, said that \u201cthe importance of this march for us is the fact that the Catholic Church is proclaiming, supporting the need we have as a community to promote values and principles.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The march started around 9:00 am and began with adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. During the march, Archbishop Moreno carried a cross as a symbol of the crosses that migrants carry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI invite you to remain united as a Church, making our contribution to building a better society in the Archdiocese of Tijuana, I invite you to be builders of peace, to fight for life and to have an open heart to our migrant brothers,\u201d the prelate exhorted.<\/p>\n<p>After the march, the archbishop celebrated a Mass in the Tijuana Auditorium.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/catholicnewsagency\/dailynews?a=Gf_Cscm6gyQ:EFIBIXr0d7M:yIl2AUoC8zA\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/catholicnewsagency\/dailynews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/catholicnewsagency\/dailynews\/~4\/Gf_Cscm6gyQ\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/images\/size340\/Prayer_Credit_Zoltan_Voros_via_Flickr_CC_BY_20_CNA_6_29_15.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Mexico City, Mexico, Mar 22, 2017 \/ 06:01 am (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/\" target=\"_self\">CNA\/EWTN News<\/a>).- Some 30,000 people gathered last Sunday for the 17th March for Life, Peace and Migrants in Tijuana, Mexico.<\/p>\n<p>Led by the Archbishop of Tijuana, Francisco Moreno Barr&oacute;n, participants marched from the former bullfighting stadium, Toreo de Tijuana, to the Tijuana Auditorium, where they arrived at 11:30 am.<\/p>\n<p>Before the march on March 19, the Archbishop of Tijuana prayed for the migrants and young people depicted on the wall at Aeropuerto y Cuauht&eacute;moc Norte Boulevard. &ldquo;We want to make present on this wall all our brother migrants, not just those who cross this border, but all the migrants from all over the world,&rdquo; the prelate said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The entire human community is one family, which came forth from the hands of God out of love. And we are called to live united in love as one family,&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<p>The archbishop said that &ldquo;unfortunately because of selfishness in the world, the selfishness in the human heart, walls have been raised up, not just in past times, but also in the present, which seek to divide us, alienate us and also at times to confront us.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Instead of walls, he said, what is needed are &ldquo;spaces, elements, bridges which would rather bring us closer together and help us build fraternity, so that we can live in peace and realize in our midst God&#8217;s dream for his children: that they live united and in peace.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The State Government Religious Affairs officer, Marco Antonio Gonz&aacute;lez, representing the Government Undersecretary, said that &ldquo;the importance of this march for us is the fact that the Catholic Church is proclaiming, supporting the need we have as a community to promote values and principles.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The march started around 9:00 am and began with adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. During the march, Archbishop Moreno carried a cross as a symbol of the crosses that migrants carry.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I invite you to remain united as a Church, making our contribution to building a better society in the Archdiocese of Tijuana, I invite you to be builders of peace, to fight for life and to have an open heart to our migrant brothers,&rdquo; the prelate exhorted.<\/p>\n<p>After the march, the archbishop celebrated a Mass in the Tijuana Auditorium.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/catholicnewsagency\/dailynews?a=Gf_Cscm6gyQ:EFIBIXr0d7M:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/catholicnewsagency\/dailynews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/catholicnewsagency\/dailynews\/~4\/Gf_Cscm6gyQ\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1031,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-americas"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>March for life, peace and migrants in Tijuana draws 30,000<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Mexico City, Mexico, Mar 22, 2017 \/ 06:01 am (CNA\/EWTN News).- Some 30,000 people gathered last Sunday for the 17th March for Life, Peace and Migrants in Tijuana, Mexico. Led by the Archbishop of Tijuana, Francisco Moreno Barr&oacute;n, participants marched from the former bullfighting stadium, Toreo de Tijuana, to the Tijuana Auditorium, where they arrived at 11:30 am. Before the march on March 19, the Archbishop of Tijuana prayed for the migrants and young people depicted on the wall at Aeropuerto y Cuauht&eacute;moc Norte Boulevard. &ldquo;We want to make present on this wall all our brother migrants, not just those who cross this border, but all the migrants from all over the world,&rdquo; the prelate said. &ldquo;The entire human community is one family, which came forth from the hands of God out of love. And we are called to live united in love as one family,&rdquo; he added. The archbishop said that &ldquo;unfortunately because of selfishness in the world, the selfishness in the human heart, walls have been raised up, not just in past times, but also in the present, which seek to divide us, alienate us and also at times to confront us.&rdquo; Instead of walls, he said, what is needed are &ldquo;spaces, elements, bridges which would rather bring us closer together and help us build fraternity, so that we can live in peace and realize in our midst God&#039;s dream for his children: that they live united and in peace.&rdquo; The State Government Religious Affairs officer, Marco Antonio Gonz&aacute;lez, representing the Government Undersecretary, said that &ldquo;the importance of this march for us is the fact that the Catholic Church is proclaiming, supporting the need we have as a community to promote values and principles.&rdquo; The march started around 9:00 am and began with adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. During the march, Archbishop Moreno carried a cross as a symbol of the crosses that migrants carry. &ldquo;I invite you to remain united as a Church, making our contribution to building a better society in the Archdiocese of Tijuana, I invite you to be builders of peace, to fight for life and to have an open heart to our migrant brothers,&rdquo; the prelate exhorted. After the march, the archbishop celebrated a Mass in the Tijuana Auditorium. &nbsp;\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2017\/03\/march-for-life-peace-and-migrants-in-tijuana-draws-30000\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"March for life, peace and migrants in Tijuana draws 30,000\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Mexico City, Mexico, Mar 22, 2017 \/ 06:01 am (CNA\/EWTN News).- Some 30,000 people gathered last Sunday for the 17th March for Life, Peace and Migrants in Tijuana, Mexico. Led by the Archbishop of Tijuana, Francisco Moreno Barr&oacute;n, participants marched from the former bullfighting stadium, Toreo de Tijuana, to the Tijuana Auditorium, where they arrived at 11:30 am. Before the march on March 19, the Archbishop of Tijuana prayed for the migrants and young people depicted on the wall at Aeropuerto y Cuauht&eacute;moc Norte Boulevard. &ldquo;We want to make present on this wall all our brother migrants, not just those who cross this border, but all the migrants from all over the world,&rdquo; the prelate said. &ldquo;The entire human community is one family, which came forth from the hands of God out of love. And we are called to live united in love as one family,&rdquo; he added. The archbishop said that &ldquo;unfortunately because of selfishness in the world, the selfishness in the human heart, walls have been raised up, not just in past times, but also in the present, which seek to divide us, alienate us and also at times to confront us.&rdquo; Instead of walls, he said, what is needed are &ldquo;spaces, elements, bridges which would rather bring us closer together and help us build fraternity, so that we can live in peace and realize in our midst God&#039;s dream for his children: that they live united and in peace.&rdquo; The State Government Religious Affairs officer, Marco Antonio Gonz&aacute;lez, representing the Government Undersecretary, said that &ldquo;the importance of this march for us is the fact that the Catholic Church is proclaiming, supporting the need we have as a community to promote values and principles.&rdquo; The march started around 9:00 am and began with adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. During the march, Archbishop Moreno carried a cross as a symbol of the crosses that migrants carry. &ldquo;I invite you to remain united as a Church, making our contribution to building a better society in the Archdiocese of Tijuana, I invite you to be builders of peace, to fight for life and to have an open heart to our migrant brothers,&rdquo; the prelate exhorted. 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Led by the Archbishop of Tijuana, Francisco Moreno Barr&oacute;n, participants marched from the former bullfighting stadium, Toreo de Tijuana, to the Tijuana Auditorium, where they arrived at 11:30 am. Before the march on March 19, the Archbishop of Tijuana prayed for the migrants and young people depicted on the wall at Aeropuerto y Cuauht&eacute;moc Norte Boulevard. &ldquo;We want to make present on this wall all our brother migrants, not just those who cross this border, but all the migrants from all over the world,&rdquo; the prelate said. &ldquo;The entire human community is one family, which came forth from the hands of God out of love. And we are called to live united in love as one family,&rdquo; he added. 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Before the march on March 19, the Archbishop of Tijuana prayed for the migrants and young people depicted on the wall at Aeropuerto y Cuauht&eacute;moc Norte Boulevard. &ldquo;We want to make present on this wall all our brother migrants, not just those who cross this border, but all the migrants from all over the world,&rdquo; the prelate said. &ldquo;The entire human community is one family, which came forth from the hands of God out of love. And we are called to live united in love as one family,&rdquo; he added. The archbishop said that &ldquo;unfortunately because of selfishness in the world, the selfishness in the human heart, walls have been raised up, not just in past times, but also in the present, which seek to divide us, alienate us and also at times to confront us.&rdquo; Instead of walls, he said, what is needed are &ldquo;spaces, elements, bridges which would rather bring us closer together and help us build fraternity, so that we can live in peace and realize in our midst God's dream for his children: that they live united and in peace.&rdquo; The State Government Religious Affairs officer, Marco Antonio Gonz&aacute;lez, representing the Government Undersecretary, said that &ldquo;the importance of this march for us is the fact that the Catholic Church is proclaiming, supporting the need we have as a community to promote values and principles.&rdquo; The march started around 9:00 am and began with adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. 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Led by the Archbishop of Tijuana, Francisco Moreno Barr&oacute;n, participants marched from the former bullfighting stadium, Toreo de Tijuana, to the Tijuana Auditorium, where they arrived at 11:30 am. Before the march on March 19, the Archbishop of Tijuana prayed for the migrants and young people depicted on the wall at Aeropuerto y Cuauht&eacute;moc Norte Boulevard. &ldquo;We want to make present on this wall all our brother migrants, not just those who cross this border, but all the migrants from all over the world,&rdquo; the prelate said. &ldquo;The entire human community is one family, which came forth from the hands of God out of love. And we are called to live united in love as one family,&rdquo; he added. The archbishop said that &ldquo;unfortunately because of selfishness in the world, the selfishness in the human heart, walls have been raised up, not just in past times, but also in the present, which seek to divide us, alienate us and also at times to confront us.&rdquo; Instead of walls, he said, what is needed are &ldquo;spaces, elements, bridges which would rather bring us closer together and help us build fraternity, so that we can live in peace and realize in our midst God's dream for his children: that they live united and in peace.&rdquo; The State Government Religious Affairs officer, Marco Antonio Gonz&aacute;lez, representing the Government Undersecretary, said that &ldquo;the importance of this march for us is the fact that the Catholic Church is proclaiming, supporting the need we have as a community to promote values and principles.&rdquo; The march started around 9:00 am and began with adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. During the march, Archbishop Moreno carried a cross as a symbol of the crosses that migrants carry. &ldquo;I invite you to remain united as a Church, making our contribution to building a better society in the Archdiocese of Tijuana, I invite you to be builders of peace, to fight for life and to have an open heart to our migrant brothers,&rdquo; the prelate exhorted. 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