As expected, the Holy Father referred to the Aurora shootings:
Rome Reports
How are their deaths more significant than those who die all around the world everyday without making it into the headlines here in the U.S. or in the First World? Even if the pope has primacy in the Church universal, should he refer to events all over the world, or address a world-wide audience? Some praise the papacy for being the worldwide voice of conscience or the natural law.
Is it sufficient for the pope to pray for souls? No man can feel compassion for every single person who suffers from evil at once, and to do so sequentially would prevent him from living out his vocation properly. The successors to the apostles should focus on preaching the Gospel and witnessing to charity in their locale? If the victims number among their flock, then it is proper they should console the bereaved. But to do so (or make a public announcement) when they have no connection might seem to be grandstanding or taking advantage of a bad situation for the benefit of their sect.
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