Statement of U.S. Bishops' Vice President on Shooting at Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis
"Let us all beg the Lord for the protection and healing of the entire Annunciation family.”
August 27, 2025

WASHINGTON – In response to the shooting at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis, Minn., Archbishop William E. Lori, vice-president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops issued a statement.
“As a Church, we are following the tragic news from Annunciation School in Minneapolis with heartbreaking sadness. Whenever one part of the Body of Christ is wounded, we feel the pain as if it were our very own children. Let us all beg the Lord for the protection and healing of the entire Annunciation family.”
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