In a telegram to the bishop of the American city, Joseph Mark Spalding, the pontiff assured his condolences to all involved and prayed that “good arises from unspeakable evil”.
“The Pope asks that his heartfelt condolences and ensures his prayer for all affected for this senseless act of violence,” said the letter signed by the Vatican Secretary of State Pietro Parolin.
The words of Pope Francis before the shooting in the US
In the letter released today by the Vatican, the Pope also joined “the entire community in mourning the children and adults who have died,” and entrusted them to the “loving embrace of the Lord Jesus.”
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The police said that the perpetrator of the massacre is a 28-year-old trans womanwho joined the long list of perpetrators of attacks on schools in that country, partly because of the ease of access to the arms marketdespite several initiatives to restrict it.
In detail, the person killed three children and three adults: two nine-year-old girls, a nine-year-old boy, two teachers and a janitor.
Nashville Police Chief John Drake told a news conference that AUdrey Hale had been receiving treatment for an “emotional disturbance” and that his parents, in whose house he lived, believed that he had bought and then resold a single firearm.
But Hale was carrying two assault rifles and a pistol when he entered the Covenant School, a Covenant Presbyterian Church educational center of about 200 students that he had attended as a child.
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Since January 1, 131 mass shootings have been recorded in the United States and 4,245 have died in these attacks, including 59 children under the age of 12, according to the NGO Gun Violence Archive (GVA).
Source: Ambito
