Thousands fill National Shrine for 2025 March for Life vigil: ‘We march as pilgrims’

CNA—More than 5,000 students, families, and other pro-life Catholics packed into the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., for a vigil service Thursday on the evening before the national March for Life. Attendees filled the pews in the upper church, which is designed to hold about 3,500 people. They crammed into the…