Posted October 2, 2017

In conjunction with the 40 Days for Life campaign, the archdiocesan Office for Life and Family sponsored a rally and Walk for Life on Sunday, Sept. 24 in Sister Cities Park on 18th Street and the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia. The event concluded with a walk and public witness for the sanctity of life, and Mass in the Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul. Read more about the day here. (Photos by Kevin Cook)

  • Shawn Carney, president of 40 Days for Life, speaks to the crowd in Sister Cities Park Sept. 24.

  • Participants in the third annual Walk for Life Sept. 24 walk around the Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul in Philadelphia.

  • Marchers proclaim the sanctity of all human life during the Walk for Life in center city Philadelphia.

  • A worshiper attends the holy hour and Mass that followed the third annual Walk for Life Sept. 24 at the Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul.

  • Archbishop Charles Chaput enters the cathedral at the start of Mass Sept. 24.

  • (Photo by Kevin Cook)