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<\/i>March 25, 2026<\/a><\/span> <\/i>EWTN News Staff<\/a><\/span> <\/i>News Briefs<\/a><\/span> <\/i>0<\/a><\/span> <\/i>Print<\/a><\/span>
Catholic bishops in various countries are joining the celebration by organizing events in defense of the lives of unborn children.
The Day of the Unborn Child is celebrated internationally on March 25 to commemorate, promote, and defend human life from the moment of conception in the mother\u2019s womb until natural death.
The date was established in Argentina in December 1998 by President Carlos Sa\u00fal Menem. A few days before the observance of this day in 1999, the president encouraged leaders throughout Latin America to join the initiative.
At the time, St. John Paul II sent a letter to the Argentine president, encouraging that \u201cthe celebration of the \u2018Day of the Unborn Child\u2019 foster a positive choice in favor of life and the development of a culture oriented in this direction \u2014 one that ensures the promotion of human dignity in all situations.\u201d
In 1999, the observance was also adopted by law in Guatemala and Costa Rica, while Nicaragua embraced it the following year. Bolivia joined in 2000; the Dominican Republic followed in early 2001; in Peru, it was established by law in 2002; and Paraguay joined in 2003.
The observance is also celebrated on March 25 in El Salvador, Uruguay, Spain, Mexico, Austria, Slovakia, Cuba, and the Philippines. Ecuador joined in 2006, Chile in 2014, and it was enacted by law in Puerto Rico in 2018.
This date typically coincides with the solemnity of the Annunciation, usually celebrated on March 25. On this day, the Catholic Church commemorates the announcement made by Archangel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary as well as her momentous yes to God \u2014 an assent that led her to conceive, at that very instant, the Child who saved humanity, becoming his most holy mother.
Catholic bishops in various countries are joining the celebration by organizing events in defense of the lives of unborn children. In addition, in recent years, memorials have been erected in memory of the millions of unborn child victims of abortion.
This story was first published<\/a> by ACI Prensa, the Spanish-language sister service of EWTN News. It has been translated and adapted by EWTN News English.<\/em>
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