Boston, Mass., Apr 16, 2013 / 17:08 pm
A priest who offered consolation to passers-by after the explosion at the Boston Marathon said that the event left him with the impression that evil can only be properly understood in the light of Christ's passion and resurrection.
"So many people are looking at what happened, trying to make sense of it," Father Tom Carzon of the Oblates of the Virgin Mary told CNA on April 16. "We can figure out where it was made and how it was made and who did it, but even with all that information it never makes sense."
However, after spending the afternoon consoling those affected by the attack, he remarked: "the Cross and Resurrection, this is the story that does make sense."
On the afternoon of April 15, two bombs exploded near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, killing three people and injuring more than 170 others. The FBI is currently investigating the explosions to find the motives and perpetrators.