National Prayer Vigil for Life will be virtual this year from Washington
Friday, Jan. 15, 2021
By Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON Each year on the night before the annual March for Life, at least 10,000 people have filled the Great Upper Church of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington for the National Prayer Vigil for Life.
This year, due to local restrictions on attendance sizes because of the pandemic, the prayer vigil will be virtual.
Catholics across the country are instead being are encouraged to take part in a nationwide prayer vigil from Jan. 28 through Jan. 29, marking the 48th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton decisions legalizing abortion.
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Each year on the night before the annual March for Life, at least 10,000 people have filled the Great Upper Church of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington for the National Prayer Vigil for Life.
National Prayer Vigil for Life will be virtual this year
Jan 6, 2021 contributor
People arrive for the National Prayer Vigil for Life Jan. 23, 2020, at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, the 2021 vigil will only be broadcast Jan. 28 at 8 P.M. ET, and then bishops from across the country will take turns leading livestreamed Holy Hours throughout the all-night vigil. (Credit: Gregory A. Shemitz/CNS.)
Each year on the night before the annual March for Life, at least 10,000 people have filled the Great Upper Church of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington for the National Prayer Vigil for Life. This year, due to local restrictions on attendance sizes because of the pandemic, the prayer vigil will be virtual.