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Bishops call for prayers of healing in the aftermath of Arizona shootings

Upper New York Area Resident Bishop Marcus Matthews is joining his Arizona colleague Bishop Minerva G. Carcaño in calling for prayers of healing following the Jan. 8 shootings in Tucson, Ariz., that left six dead and more than a dozen— including U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords—wounded. Bishop Carcaño issued a statement calling the shootings “senseless.” She expressed hope that the incident is not an expression of “growing intolerance.”   Bis...