Fortunate Families Statement on the recent shooting at Club Q in Colorado Springs

WITH THE INCREDIBLE TRAGEDY OF THE MASS SHOOTING AT CLUB Q IN COLORADO SPRINGS LAST NIGHT, FORTUNATE FAMILIES EXPRESSES SOLIDARITY WITH ALL WHO MOURN. WE PRAY FOR THE DEAD, THE WOUNDED, AND ALL WHOSE HEARTS BREAK BECAUSE OF THIS TRAGEDY.

FORTUNATE FAMILIES ASKS CATHOLIC LEADERSHIP TO DENOUNCE HOMOPHOBIA , TRANSPHOBIA, AND HATRED OF LGBTQ PERSONS WHILE ACTIVELY WORKING TO BUILD A CHURCH AND WORLD THAT UNDERSTANDS AND RESPECTS THE VALUE EVERY LIFE.

May the dead rest in the peace of our loving God.

May the wounded heal speedily.

And may those who mourn find peace.

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