TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — This morning at St. Pius X, a Catholic church on the Eastside, the community gathered in prayer for a special Mass offering for the victims of this week’s horrific shooting at a Catholic school in Minneapolis.
It’s only been a few days since the deadly school shooting in Minneapolis, but the heartbreak remains heavy.
Parishioners here at St. Pius told me this tragedy hits close to home, as many of them have grandchildren the same age as the victims and say their prayers today are with those families.
“It was horrific,” Armida Waterbury, a parishioner, said in tears. “I think of my children, I have grandchildren, and you always want them to be safe, especially in a religious environment—a holy place.”
For some, the sadness is paired with frustration as they say mass shootings are happening too often.
Data from the Gun Violence Archive shows there have been 285 mass shootings so far this year…