Pope Francis: ‘My heart is broken’ over Texas elementary school shooting
Vatican City, May 25, 2022 / 03:08 am (CNA).
Pope Francis said on Wednesday that his heart was broken by the killing of at least 19 children and two adults at an elementary school in Texas.
Speaking at the end of his general audience in St. Peter’s Square on May 25, he said: “My heart is broken for the massacre at the elementary school in Texas. I am praying for the children and the adults killed and their families.”
“It is time to say enough to the indiscriminate trafficking of weapons. Let us all work hard so that such tragedies can never happen again.”
His words were greeted with applause by pilgrims.
The pope was speaking after a gunman opened fire at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, southwest Texas, on May 24, killing 21 people.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott said that officers were believed to have killed the shooter, a local 18-year-old identified as Salvador Ramos.
U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See Joe Donnelly said on May 25: “We are witnessing a sickness, and the face of evil. We continue to pray for these blessed children and other wonderful people who were killed and their families. We are crushed by this loss.”
We express our deep sadness and closeness to the community of Uvalde, TX. Amb Donnelly: “We are witnessing a sickness, and the face of evil. We continue to pray for these blessed children and other wonderful people who were killed and their families. We are crushed by this loss.”
— U.S. in Holy See (@USinHolySee) May 25, 2022
Ambassador Chiara Porro, the Australian ambassador to the Holy See, responded: “Australia grieves with you. Our heartfelt condolences to all those affected by the horrific shootings.”
”The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) said on May 24 that the country was facing an “epidemic of evil and violence.”
“There have been too many school shootings, too much killing of the innocent,” said the USCCB’s public affairs director Chieko Noguchi in a statement.
“Our Catholic faith calls us to pray for those who have died and to bind the wounds of others, and we join our prayers along with the community in Uvalde and Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller.”
“As we do so, each of us also needs to search our souls for ways that we can do more to understand this epidemic of evil and violence and implore our elected officials to help us take action.”
Hours before the general audience, Archbishop Garcia-Siller appealed to Pope Francis to pray for the victims of the shooting in his San Antonio archdiocese.
He tweeted: “Holy Father Pope Francis, say some prayers for the souls of our little ones killed today and two teachers. Uvalde is in mourning. The families are having a very dark time. Your prayer will do good to them.”
He added in Spanish: “Gracias por ayudarnos. Queremos ser como Jesús. Cuente con nuestra oración” (“Thank you for helping us. We want to be like Jesus. Count on our prayers”).
Source: https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/251357/pope-francis-my-heart-is-broken-over-texas-elementary-school-shooting
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Shame its not broken over the thousands of abused kids by your catholic freak clergymen, or the vatican banking scandal, or 1001 other things you scum are involved with.
Popes fucking heart ain’t broke when he is raping and killing babies in Rituals though. Hey Popey, Fuck off you ain’t getting our guns without a fight either. DEVIL BOY
I ask myself simple questions like how easy would it be for an occupational force to invade the US if all assault rifles were confiscated?
Now is not the time to give away your right to defend yourself against a corrupt and tyrannical Government that has been completely infiltrated by criminals. These staged events are instantly blasted all of the media 24/7 for a reason. Much like the 911 psyop was blasted over the media the same way. This is how they push forward their various agendas. Going after children is a cowardly way to wage a war. This is a war and these monsters in DC do not give a rats rip about your children or your health. They have proven over the course of the last 6 years these don’t care anything about you at all.
All they want is complete and total power over your entire life from birth to death.