Tonight in Rome, the Community of Sant’Egidio is holding a prayer vigil with American university students in Rome at the Basilica of Santa Maria in Trastevere to remember the victims of the tragic shooting rampage at a high school in Florida and to express closeness to their families.
Last February 14, at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, 17 students and teachers were killed during the most serious school shooting carried out in the United States, fostered also by the extreme ease of the circulation of weapons.
The ceremony, being held one month after the massacre, will be attended in particular by Roman young people and American students enrolled in American Universities in Rome.
The names of the victims will be read during the Vigil and a candle will be lit for each one, so that no one is forgotten and a strong message will be launched against violence.
