The nation is grieving the loss of two Minneapolis children killed while praying inside a church building. The two murdered victims are 8 and 10 years old, along with 17 other victims who were injured – 14 of them are children, along with three people in their eighties, and all are now expected to survive.

The shooter, armed with a rifle, shotgun, and pistol, fired through the stained glass windows of Annunciation Catholic Church during an early morning worship service marking the start of a new year at the adjoining kindergarten through eighth grade school."

Overnight, vigils were held for the victims. St. Paul-Minneapolis Archbishop Bernard Hebda spoke at one gathering at a school near the crime scene and offered words of comfort and encouragement.

"We too can be that gate of heaven,"

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