A girl sits in her mother’s lap as mourners attend a vigil at Lynnhurst Park
in Minneapolis August 27, 2025, following a shooting earlier in the day at
Annunciation Church. Photo: OSV News/Tim Evans, Reuters. Pope Leo XIV said he was offering prayers for the victims of the Minneapolis Catholic school shooting, one he described as an “extremely difficult” and “terrible” tragedy. Two children were killed in a shooting incident at Annunciation Church in Minneapolis, United States on August 27, with the gunman taking his own life after the deadly…
