Pope Leo XIV referred to the shooting at a Catholic school in his native country to call for prayer to stop this "pandemic of arms" that infects our world.
Pope Leo XIV responded to the school shooting that took place in Minneapolis last Wednesday on the same day it happened, sending a note through his secretary of state. After the Angelus this August 31, he mentioned it again.
Our prayers for the victims of the tragic shooting during a school Mass in the American State of Minnesota include the countless children killed and injured every day around the world. Let us plead God to stop the pandemic of arms, large and small, which infects our world.
May our Mother Mary, the Queen of Peace, help us to fulfil the prophecy of Isaiah: “They shall beat their swords into ploughshares and their spears into pruning hooks” (Is 2:4).
Two children were killed in the incident at the K-8 school, which took place during the Mass for the opening of the school year. Details below:
