in his home friday of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. reverend samuel rodriguez is a friend of the warren family and senior pastor of the new season christian worship center in sacramento. thanks for joining us. thank you. have you spoken to the warrens, reverend? i have not and reached out and forwarding my condolences and my prayers. it s a tragic event, but there are a lot of christians across america and even non-christians praying for rick and warren and the saddleback family. you know the family. pastor, you know, reverend warren said that his son s struggled with mental illness his entire life. how does a church address mental illness, and is the cause spiritual, or is it biological? you know, i really do believe that this tragedy offers an opportunity, if not, don, an obligation for the church to address mental illness with a more forthright spirit, with grace and compassion and love.
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said, quote, i ll never forget how many years ago, after another approach had failed to give relief, matthew said, dad, i know i m going to heaven. why can t i just die and end this pain? the youngest of warren s three children, matthew worked for the church s mail order warehouse division. the church said he played an important but quiet role at saddleback. during sunday s sermon matthew s uncle asked for prayers, even from those who didn t know him personally. we re a family, and we re walking through this together, and as i said a couple of times in that message, your prayers for rick and kay and their family, you may think i m just adding one prayer to many, many others. every single prayer makes a huge impact. reporter: before becoming ill this past week pastor rick warren planned on delivering a sermon on how church members can get through tough times. now he s counting on them to help him get through tough times of his own. nick valencia, cnn, wake forest, california. all
the top u.s. general in south korea cancelling a long planned meeting here in washington saying he needs to stay home and watch the unfolding tensions in that region. barbara starr, cnn, the pentagon. barbara, thank you. in about 20 minutes here on cnn, we ll have a live report from the region where it s just after 11:00 monday morning. in southern california, the congregation of rick warren s saddleback mega church gathered today to murrant suicide of warren s youngest son. 27-year-old matthew warren apparently shot himself friday morning after a lifelong struggle with depression. our nick valencia was at today s service. reporter: an assistant pastor fuld in for rick warren at the eve gel can mega church he founded two days after his 27-year-old son apparently committed suicide and delivered a sermon called surviving your worst day is there we re going to pray for them together. we re going to worship together. we re going to look to god and
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