Catholic church leaders in northern Illinois have asked schools in their dioceses to review security policies as they pray for those affected by a shooting at a Catholic school in Minneapolis on Wednesday that killed two children and injured more than a dozen.

Rockford Bishop David Malloy said in a statement he offered his “deepest prayers and sympathy, asking God’s comfort and healing to all those affected by the horrendous act of violence at Annunciation Catholic School in the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis.”

Malloy also said the shooting was “not just a tragedy for the school, families, faculty and staff there. It is also a tragedy for all people and yet another senseless assault on the sense of security and the dignity of human life, especially our innocent children. We p

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