40 days for Life Santo Domingo and the National Pastoral Commission of Life celebrated in the Dominican Republic the Jubilee of Life, within the framework of Children’s Day to be born and the Jubileo de la Esperanza 2025.
The celebration was held on Tuesday, March 25, commemorating one more anniversary of Law 25-01 that established Children’s Day to be born. The Dominican faithful gathered in the Primada Cathedral of America – Basilica of Our Lady of the Incarnation, where they participated in a mass.
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A note of 40 days for life Santo Domingosent to ACI Press, points out that the Eucharist was chaired by Fr. Kennedy Rodríguez, Communication and Press Director of the Archdiocese of Santo Domingo, and concelebrated by Father Manuel Ruiz, spiritual advisor of the Provida organization.
In his homily, Fr. Ruiz highlighted the importance of defending life from conception, remembering the “yes” to God of the Virgin Mary, who made possible the birth of the Child Jesus.
The priest also referred to the decline in birth in today’s world and highlighted the importance of defending human life, when many prioritize the defense of animals and plants. “We are sent on behalf of the Lord to be an army of light and protect the defenseless,” he said.
The presbyter also called all the faithful not to give in to the “culture of death” and, instead, “light the flame of hope in favor of life.”
After remembering that all human life begins in conception, Fr. Ruiz said: “Here we are, Lord, to do your will.”
Provida events in Santo Domingo
As part of the celebrations, 40 days for life Santo Domingo organized a moment of prayer and reflection in front of the monument to the child to be born, which is located in the courtyard of the cathedral.
The Provida organization points out that this meeting was attended by various communities, groups, movements and parishes, “united in prayer for the end of abortion.”
40 days for life Santo Domingo also informed that in this 2025 Lent they pray daily in front of the National Congress so that the causes that would allow abortion in the new Criminal Code are not approved.
Martharís Rivas Reyes, 40 -day director for Life Santo Domingo, invited people to join prayers for the end of abortion and for their non -inclusion in the Criminal Code.
To register or to have more information, you can write to 40DIASPORLAVIDASD@gmail.com
Walter Sánchez Silva
I am husband since 2008. With my wife we have three children here and one who went to heaven in 2023, before birth. Since I joined ACI Press in 2005, I have had the opportunity to cover various events of the Catholic Church. Among them, the World Youth Days in Colonia, Madrid and Rio de Janeiro and the apostolic trips of Pope Benedict XVI to Mexico and Pope Francis to South Korea. I have been sent to the Vatican to cover the family’s synods, in 2015; of the Amazon, in 2019 and that of Sinodality, in 2023. I follow the situation of the Catholic Church in Nicaragua, which suffers the persecution of the dictatorship of Daniel Ortega, as well as the ecclesial news in the region.