A steady downpour of rain couldn’t keep Bishop Brian Nunes from one appointment on Saturday, Jan. 20.
The Catholic episcopal vicar for the San Gabriel Pastoral Region joined about 6,500 people at the 10th annual OneLife LA, a celebration organized by the Los Angeles Archdiocese to celebrate life in all its stages and advocate for an end to abortion.
“Sometimes we have to go through a little inconvenience for what’s important,” Nunes said. “Life is a gift and when we do something like this, we show appreciation for those gifts.”
Archbishop José Gomez of the archdiocese joined regional church leaders from as far away as Fresno and Santa Barbara in leading the faithful on a soggy, little-under-one-mile walk from Olvera Street to L.A. State Historic Park on Spring Street.
It’s just the second OneLife LA event since a conservative Supreme Court majority overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, ending the constitutional right to an abortion and sending the issue back to the states to legislate. A similar rally was held Friday in Washington, D.C.
In the wake of that court decision, more than a dozen states have enacted abortion bans. In 2022, California voters enshrined the right to an abortion in the state Constitution through a ballot measure.
“We’re coming together to celebrate God’s plan for humanity,” Gomez said. “This starts with the reality of conception and goes all the way to the moment we die. It’s an important issue.”
The annual event is also aimed at drawing attention to homelessness, human trafficking, end of life, foster care and adoption, the environment, the disabled and immigration issues, according to the archdiocese.
The walk ended at the park, where many service groups set up booths offering support to pregnant women, immigrants and refugees, homeless people, foster children, trafficking survivors, the elderly, the disabled and the dying.
“The beautiful truth is that we are all children of God, building a society…
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