Apr 08 2009
Spanish Holy Week against the Abortion Law
(Image “Procesión Cristo de Burgos, tarde del Domingo de Ramos 2008 , paso calle de “La Moneda” , Burgos, España”, by Jesús Serna. Source: Wikicommons.org)
EFE Agency let us know in March that most of the Brotherhoods (Hermandades), which are local, religious groups involved in the Holy Week celebration, want to show their rejection of the law the Government of Spain wants to approve concerning the liberalization of abortion.
These Brotherhoods want to show their rejection by adding to their typical apparels white “against-abortion” ribbons. Although this initiative was born in Córdoba, (city located in Andalucía, South of Spain), more Brotherhoods from different Spanish cities are joining (Valladolid and Toledo). On the other hand, Sevilla, among other cities, informs they are not going to follow this call.
(Does any of you have an explantion for this? I supposed all brotherhoods, being catholic, should follow Catholic church ideas…)
Related links:
- Abortion video used in fight against law change in Spain.
- Controversy over abortion heats up in Spain.
- Archbishop encourages Spanish Catholics to oppose abortion with white ribbon.
