WASHINGTON—Bishop
Oscar Cantú of Las Cruces, Chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic
Bishops Committee on International Justice and Peace, has issued the
following statement in response to today’s terror attack in Barcelona:

“Once
again, an act of terror has taken more than a dozen lives and injured
scores of others. The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
unequivocally condemns this morally heinous act and places itself in
solidarity with the people of the Archdiocese of Barcelona and Spain at
this terrible time of loss and grief.

Terrorist
attacks on innocent civilians can never be justified. To directly
attack innocent men, women and children is utterly reprehensible.

Our
prayers are with the families of those slain and injured in a
particular way as we also pray for an end to terrorism. May God comfort
the afflicted and convert the hearts of those who would perpetrate such
acts. May our Lord bless both our world and those suffering today from
this attack with the gift of peace.”

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Source:: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops