any report on the total turnout in numbers?
They don't count that anymore. Truthfully, I've been there when the organizers counted 250,000, and the park police counted 60,000, and I've thought the actual number was closer to 60,000. (Of course, much smaller marches had claimed march higher crowd numbers!)
But this crowd was mind-boggling. The fact that it was on Constitution Ave., and not the mall made it hard for me to make a good estimate, but I'm guessing hundreds of thousands. The route of the march was about 1 3/4 miles. Had everyone been on the route at once, it'd've had to have been about 3 or 4 miles. And, as you can see, the march was dozens of people across.
There was a 9 AM morning youth mass at the MCI center, which held 25,000 people, and two vigil masses at the National Basilica, which holds 6,000 people. That's 37,000 Catholic communicants. And yet, they were nowhere near accomodating everyone. Instead, they were bussing people to other area churches. And only a modest portion of the Catholics usually attend the Monday morning mass. So figure way, way, waaaaaay over 100,000 Catholics alone.
Just look real close to the faces, aren't Gods children so beauty-full? I wished I were able to have been with them.
Suffer not little children, come unto me, for such is the
kingdom of heaven.
God has received 50.000.000 since Roe V. Wade, however, I do not think he wanted them to come to Him in the manner they were sent. My prayer, God bless everyone who marched for the
right to life and those who are fighting the good fight.
THANKs, ALL OF YOU!!!!!!!
Village Voice, of all places, said it was the largest ever.