Statement from the Archbishop for the Military on today’s shootings at the Navy Yard in DC

MilarchLOGO“With all people of good will, I am shocked and deeply saddened by the terrible loss of life this morning at the Navy Yard. I have often visited and celebrated the Eucharist there. It is a familiar place. I also prayed for the victims, the wounded, and their families at the noon Mass at the Archdiocesan Pastoral Center. Somehow we must restore the notion of respect for life into the fabric of the Nation. When the uniqueness of the human person created in the image and likeness of God is universally recognized, the possibility of a mass shooting is more remote.”

His Excellency, the Most Reverend Timothy P. Broglio, J.C.D., Archbishop for the Military Services

Prayers over here at the Gohn home too. Lord have mercy.