Washington D.C., Jan 24, 2018 / 14:42 pm
After two students opened fire at their high schools this week, bishops in the US have offered prayers and condolences for the victims and their families.
"Over the past two days in Kentucky and Texas, we have witnessed painful reminders of how gun violence can tragically alter the lives of those so precious to us – our school children," said Cardinal Daniel DiNardo of Galveston-Houston, who is president of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops.
"We pray for eternal rest for those who have died. Let us pray, too, for the families, teachers and friends who must now endure the suffering of losing those dearest to them," he said in a Jan. 23 statement.
One shooting took place on the morning of Jan. 22 at Italy High School in Italy, Texas, about 50 miles south of Dallas, in which a teenaged girl was injured.