Daniel Cardinal DiNardo of Galveston-Houston, President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, issued on April 28, 2019, the following statement on the deadly shooting that has taken place at Chabad of Poway Synagogue near San Diego.
Cardinal DiNardo’s full statement follows:
“I, along with my brother bishops, am greatly saddened and deeply concerned over the news that another house of worship has been subjected to violence. This assault, which occurred on the last day of Passover, is the second shooting in a U.S. synagogue within six months. Our country should be better than this; our world should be beyond such acts of hatred and anti-Semitism. This attack joins an all too long list of attacks against innocent people, people of all faiths, who only want to gather and to pray. It is a contradiction, a perverting of their teachings to believe that Christianity, Judaism, or Islam would condone such violence. Unfortunately, both in the past and today, too many preach such hatred in the name of God. This cannot be abided; it must end.
