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July 18, 2016

Bishop feels 'deep ache in my heart' after fatal shootings of police

Law enforcement personnel gather July 18 near the scene where police officers were shot in Baton Rouge, La. A former Marine dressed in black shot and killed three Baton Rouge law enforcement officers the previous day, less than two weeks after a black man was fatally shot by police here in a confrontation that sparked nightly protests nationwide.

BATON ROUGE, La. – Baton Rouge Bishop Robert W. Muench renewed a call for a diocesan-wide week of prayer, fasting and reflection after the latest fatal shootings in the city, which this time took the lives of three law enforcement officers.

Published in International
July 8, 2016

Baton Rouge bishop urges community not to give in to anger, fear

Community members attend a July 7 vigil in memory of Alton Sterling, who was shot dead by police outside a market in Baton Rouge, La. Sterling, 37, was killed early July 5 in a shooting that was captured on cellphone video.

BATON ROUGE, La. – Bishop Robert W. Muench of Baton Rouge is urging the local community to be "ministers of healing to a hurting world" while protests are taking place about the police shooting of a black man outside a convenience store in Baton Rouge July 5.

Published in International