BY TANYA ALBERT
The Cincinnati Enquirer
Baci Carpico, the Advice Supreme Master, dedicates a statue titled "Rachel Mourns Her Children."
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As Knights of Columbus members from around the world began descending upon Cincinnati on Saturday for their international meeting, the organization's local chapter dedicated a memorial to aborted and unborn children.
About 100 people gathered at Gate of Heaven Cemetery in Montgomery to watch the Most Rev. Carl K. Moeddel, auxiliary bishop of Cincinnati, bless a statue of Rachel, who has become an icon for unborn children. "May anyone who reads this inscription meditate on what is going on in the country today," said Vincent Walter, a local member of the Knights of Columbus.
The inscription from Jeremiah on the base the statue is kneeling on reads: "Rachel mourns her Children. A voice is heard in Ramah, Lamenting and weeping bitterly; It is Rachel weeping for her children because they are no more."
More than 2,000 Knights of Columbus and their families are coming to Cincinnati for the international meeting. More than 70 cardinals, archbishops and bishops from the United States, Canada and The Vatican are expected to take part in the meeting Tuesday, Wednesdayand Thursday.
The meeting will open at the Albert B. Sabin Convention Center with a Mass led at 9 a.m. Tuesday by the Most Rev. Daniel E. Pilarczyk, archbishop of Cincinnati.
