Pope Leo XIV Pope expressed profound sorrow after learning of the mass shooting at a Catholic school in Minneapolis that resulted in the deaths of two children, ages 8 and 10, with 17 others wounded.
Leo, the first American pontiff, sent a telegram to Archbishop Bernard Hebda of Minneapolis in which he gave “his heartfelt condolences and the assurance of spiritual closeness to all those affected by this terrible tragedy, especially the families now grieving the loss of a child,” the Vatican News reported.
Police said a gunman, identified as Robin Westman, 23, of Richfield, Minnesota, was armed with a rifle, shotgun, and pistol when he approached the side of Annunciation Church in Minneapolis and shot dozens of rounds through windows toward children sitting in the pews during the first Mass of the school year.
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