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October 5, 2017

Las Vegas Catholic churches, schools respond to shooting with prayers

Masses and prayer services have been taking place across the city since the shooting. Women weep during a candlelight vigil Oct. 3 in memory of the victims of a mass shooting along the Las Vegas Strip.
WASHINGTON – Students at St. Viator Parish School in Las Vegas began school Oct. 2 – hours after the mass shooting in that city – by praying the rosary together in the school gym.
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October 2, 2017

Pope Francis, American bishops call for prayers after ‘unspeakable terror’ of Las Vegas mass killing

A woman lights candles at a makeshift vigil on the Las Vegas Strip Oct. 2 following a mass shooting at an outdoor country music festival. Late Oct. 1 a gunman perched in a room on the 32nd floor of a casino hotel unleashed a shower of bullets on the festival below, killing at least 59 people and wounding another 527. Three Canadians are among the dead.

WASHINGTON – The nation has experienced "yet another night filled with unspeakable terror" and "we need to pray and to take care of those who are suffering," said the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in Washington.

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