Mexico City, Mexico, Sep 26, 2016 / 13:15 pm
Some 400,000 people filled the streets of Mexico City on Saturday to protest the Mexican government's attempt to redefine marriage as anything but a union between one man and one woman.
Juan Dabdoub Giacoman, president of the Mexican Council of the Family, which helped organize the event, told CNA on Sept. 10 that the march was "historic" and an "example of the awakening of Mexico."
"It is a march to express to politicians and leaders of the country that this is really what Mexican society is searching for, which is not what gender ideology and the international LGBT movement is promoting."
After Mass on Sept. 25, Pope Francis voiced his support of the Mexican bishops' role in supporting the march, and their efforts for society "in favor of family and life, which at this time require special pastoral and cultural attention throughout the world."
The size and reach of the protests came as a surprise, even for event organizers, Dabdoub told CNA.