ALBUQUERQUE — The song was short and had few words, but its message resounded.
Clutching red roses, faith leaders sung “Peace, Salaam, Shalom” — written in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks — at St. Therese of the Infant Jesus Catholic Church in Albuquerque, where they gathered to decry violence and emphasize the importance of religious diversity.
The gathering, held behind locked doors due to safety concerns, followed an incident at the church last week in which a man was suspected of confronting its priest and brandishing a gun…