Madrid, Spain, Jan 9, 2008 / 11:33 am
The Archdiocese of Valencia has announced that since the enormous protest in support of the family on December 30 in Madrid, Cardinal Agustin Garcia-Gasco, one of the leaders of the event that brought together some 2 million people, has received a constant stream of support.
The Spanish cardinal became the target of one the most aggressive attacks by Socialists for his remarks denouncing the government’s anti-life and anti-family policies.
During his speech at the protest, Cardinal Garcia-Gasco said secularism “builds nothing and only leads to despair; [it brings] abortion, express divorce, and ideologies that aim to manipulate the education of young people”.
“This is not the way you respect the 1978 Constitution,” he went on, warning that Spain could be facing “the dissolution of democracy. Spanish government officials, including President Jose Luis Zapatero, reacted strongly to the cardinals remarks.