(CNS) Faith leaders try to help heal pain, sorrow after Tucson shootings

As Tucsonans continued to reel from the Jan. 8 shooting spree at a shopping center that left six dead and another 14 wounded, religious leaders around the country looked to help heal the emotional pain through prayer and memorial services.

Tucson Bishop Gerald F. Kicanas planned to preside at a public commemoration and healing service Jan. 11 and expected to participate in the funerals later in the week for his friend, Judge John Roll, 63, and 9-year-old Christina Taylor Green, both Catholics.

He also was going to be part of an interfaith memorial service at Catalina United Methodist Church, also Jan. 11, which was organized by United Methodist Bishop Minerva Carcano of Phoenix. She planned to attend a public Mass of commemoration at St. Odilia Catholic Church that evening.

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2 comments on “(CNS) Faith leaders try to help heal pain, sorrow after Tucson shootings

  1. Fradgan says:

    Only males priests??
    For the sake if diversity, they should allow just one female priest. What could it hurt?

  2. Fradgan says:

    Sorry, this was a misplaced response to the Orthodox movement in Houston.