{"id":62246,"date":"2025-08-30T23:19:49","date_gmt":"2025-08-30T23:19:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=62246"},"modified":"2025-08-30T23:19:49","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T23:19:49","slug":"after-minneapolis-catholic-church-shooting-public-leaders-debate-prayer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/after-minneapolis-catholic-church-shooting-public-leaders-debate-prayer\/","title":{"rendered":"Na schietpartij in katholieke kerk in Minneapolis debatteren publieke leiders over gebed"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>null \/ Credit: Deemerwha studio\/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 29, 2025 \/ 18:13 pm (CNA). After a man fired over a hundred bullets into a Minneapolis Catholic Church killing two children and injuring 17 others, thousands of mourners packed into an archdiocesan vigil to pray for the victims and their families with Archbishop Bernard Hebda and other clergy members.\u201cWe know that there are a lot of other things that need to be done [and] we need to be able to\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe Now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? 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After a man fired over a hundred bullets into a Minneapolis Catholic Church killing two children and injuring 17 others, thousands of mourners packed into an archdiocesan vigil to pray for the victims and their families with Archbishop Bernard Hebda and other clergy members.\u201cWe know that there are a lot of other things that need to be done [and] we need to be able to\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":62316,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[100],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-62246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-news"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":62546,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/new-jersey-police-bring-k-9-unit-to-support-victims-of-annunciation-shooting\/","url_meta":{"origin":62246,"position":0},"title":"New Jersey police bring K-9 unit to support victims of Annunciation shooting","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"september 4, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Crisis Response Canines dog Axel visits with community members in Minneapolis after the deadly Annunciation Church shooting there, Sunday, Aug. 31, 2025. \/ Credit: Gloucester Township Police CNA Staff, Sep 2, 2025 \/ 13:40 pm (CNA). 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