Founders of the pro-life organization Life Nation were present in Rome for Italy’s March for Life, they and spoke of their decision to return to their native Romania to fill the gap where a pro-life presence is lacking, according to National Catholic Register.“Romania has some of the highest abortion rates not just in Europe, but in the world, and the pro-life movement is virtually inexistent,” Dan Calinescu told CNA May 3; however, his wife, Julia, explained that, although small, “you see little flickers” of the movement “here and there, and they’re growing.”
Originally from Romania, the couple recounted how, as children, their parents had moved to Toronto, Canada, during the years of the communist regime and that they grew up there; but five years ago, they “felt a call to go back to Romania and get involved in rebuilding a culture of life.”
Present in Rome for an international gathering of pro-life leaders May 3, as well as the international March for Life the following day, Dan and Julia spoke of how they helped to begin the March for Life in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, which just celebrated its third anniversary.
“It was actually our biggest year. We had over 2,500 participants; and, again, the key really was: We need a lot of awareness, so we tried to bring about abortion awareness and alternatives. And the march has really helped us to do that,” Julia observed.
Going on, Dan noted that one of the most significant things about the march in Cluj-Napoca is that they were able to reach out “to leaders from the Orthodox Church, from evangelical circles and from the Catholic circles.”
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