Patrick opens with real-time updates on the tragic mass shooting at Annunciation Catholic Parish and School in Minneapolis, offering prayers and compassion while processing the horror as fresh details emerge. Amid sorrowful news, Patrick answers heartfelt listener calls about loss, faith, and why God permits such suffering, comforting those in pain while highlighting hope in scripture and the life of the Church. An eleven-year-old altar server’s voice brings a moment of gentle encouragement and innocence against the day’s grief.

 

• Sharleen - My Church is St. Bernadette in Scottsdale. We have Knights of the Altar. (02:24)
• Aaron - I am distressed by this shooting. Is there any canon law or church teaching that would address that these children went to heaven? (24:01)
• Walter 11-years-old - I am an altar server, and it has helped me get so much closer to God. (30:28)
• Sharlyn - If God wills all things, is it His will for people to use their free will to carry out evil intention? (41:51)