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null / Daniel Ibáñez/CNA.Vatican City, Mar 29, 2023 / 05:27 am (CNA).Pope Francis has expressed his sorrow over a shooting at a private Presbyterian Christian school in Nashville.A person took the lives of three 9-year-old students and three adult staff members at Covenant School March 27 before being shot in a gunfight with Nashville police."Deeply saddened to learn of the recent shooting at the Covenant School in Nashville, His Holiness Pope Francis asks you to convey his heartfelt condolences and the assurance of his prayers to all affected by this senseless act of violence," the pope s March 29 message said.The telegram was addressed to Bishop Mark Spalding of Nashville and signed by Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin.Pope Francis "joins the entire community in mourning the children and adults who died and commends them to the loving embrace of the Lord Jesus," it continued."He likewise invokes the consolation and strength of the Holy Spirit upon
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