US Bishops call for prayers after Las Vegas mass shooting

Cardinal DiNardo

At least 58 people were killed and more than 525 were injured after a lone gunman, Stephen Paddock, began shooting from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Hotel towards an open-air country music festival. Police have not found any links with international terrorism. Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, Archbishop of Galveston-Houston, and President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), said in a statement:

"We woke this morning and learned of yet another night filled with unspeakable terror, this time in the city of Las Vegas, and by all accounts, the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history. My heart and my prayers, and those of my brother bishops and all the members of the Church, go out to the victims of this tragedy and to the city of Las Vegas. At this time, we need to pray and to take care of those who are suffering. In the end, the only response is to do good – for no matter what the darkness, it will never overcome the light. May the Lord of all gentleness surround all those who are suffering from this evil, and for those who have been killed we pray, eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them."

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