SAN DIEGO — Bishop Michael Pham rallied the crowd with what he called “a simple and powerful truth.”
“Life, from the womb to the tomb, is a precious gift,” he said, passionately defending the sanctity of human life as one of the speakers at the 14th annual San Diego Walk for Life.
The largest pro-life gathering in San Diego County, it was held Jan. 24 at Waterfront Park in downtown San Diego. For Bishop Pham, who has led the Diocese of San Diego since last summer, this was his first time speaking at the event.
The theme, taken from Jeremiah 1:5, was “Known, Created, and Loved in the Womb.”
An estimated 2,100 people, both Catholic and Protestant, attended the walk. They listened to a line-up of speakers, including a keynote presentation from Catholic singer-songwriter Kairy Marquez; visited exhibitor booths; and, with many of them carrying pro-life signs and banners, gave public witness as they walked a half-mile loop around Waterfront Park.
Among those participants were Avery Kessler, of Queen of Angels Parish in Alpine, and Rebecca Cummings, of Santa Sophia Parish in Spring Valley, each of whom spoke to The Southern Cross with children in tow, and Riley Wallevand, a freshman
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