Quito, Ecuador, Apr 5, 2013 / 15:19 pm
The Family Ministry Office of the Archdiocese of Quito has invited Catholics to take part in a day of prayer for life and marriage in the Ecuadoran capital.
Thousands are expected to take part in the "Ecuador for Life and the Family" demonstration on May 4.
The day of prayer will be dedicated to asking God "to save our Ecuador, a country consecrated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, from all immoral and criminal laws that entrap our families, our children and our society."
"Never has the country been so on the verge of ending the right to life from the moment of conception," as well as traditional marriage, the Family Ministry Office said on April 6.