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July 12, 2017

Archbishop for U.S. military asks prayers for 16 killed in Marine plane crash

15 U.S. Marines and one U.S. Navy corpsman died July 10 when their refuelling and cargo plane, a KC-130, similar to the one pictured, crashed.

WASHINGTON – Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio of the U.S. Archdiocese for the Military Services asked for prayers for the 15 Marines and one Navy corpsman who died July 10 when a Marine refuelling and cargo plane crashed in a soybean field in rural Mississippi near the town of Itta Bena.

Published in International
July 19, 2015

Prayers, sympathy shared after Tennessee shootings

A woman grieves while holding her son during a July 16 prayer vigil at Redemption Point Church in Chattanooga, Tenn., for victims of a deadly shooting spree at two military offices in Chattanooga. The shooter, Mohammad Youssuf Abdulazeez, 24, was killed by police gunfire after he fatally shot four U.S. Marines and wounded three more people at two military offices that day in Chattanooga.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - An outpouring of sympathy and prayer washed over Tennessee for the victims of the July 16 shootings that left four Marines and the shooter dead.

Published in International