By Christopher Wells U. S. presidential candidate Donald Trump raised his fist in defiance as blood ran down his face after a murder at a crusade rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
“Without delay I knew something was wrong, I heard a whistle, gunshots and without delay I felt the bullet tearing the skin. Many hemorrhages occurred,” the former president then wrote on his social network.
The alleged attacker immediately shot and killed through Secret Service agents.
One spectator was killed in the attack and two others were injured. Trump was rushed to a local hospital with a gunshot wound to his right ear and then flown to New Jersey. Universal condemnation of political violence The assassination attempt was universally condemned. President Joe Biden, Trump’s opponent in the upcoming election, spoke to his rival after the attack and then wrote on the social network and so on. I pray for him, his family, and everyone who was at the collection as we wait for more information.
He added: “There is no position for this type of violence in the United States. We will have to unite as one country to condemn it. The bishops condemn political violence. In a statement released following the attack, the president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Archbishop Timothy Broglio, said: “Together with my brother bishops, we condemn the political violence and offer our prayers for President Trump and for those who have been killed or injured. We also pray for our country and for an end to political violence. , which is never a solution to political disagreements. “
Bishop Broglio invited “all other people of intelligent will to join us in praying for peace in our country” and invoked the prayers of Mary, Mother of God and patroness of the Americas. Bishop Zubik calls for prayer Pittsburgh Bishop David Zubik, whose diocese includes the city of Butler, expressed deep shock at the news of the shooting, which occurred “right in front of one of our churches. ”
He asked for prayers “for the health and protection of all, for healing and peace, and for an end to this climate of violence in our world. “the episode of violence last night, which harms other people and democracy, causing suffering and death. »
He goes on to say that the Holy See is “united in the prayer of the American bishops for America, for those who suffer and for peace in the country, so that the motives of the violent may never prevail. “
St. Bonaventure
Isaiah 1:10-17
Psalm 50:8-9, 16bc-17, 21, and 23
Matthew 10:34-11:1
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