As Muslims across America gathered for Friday prayers, worshippers struggled to find words to express their shock and devastation at terrorist attack thousands of miles away in New Zealand.
Bishop Juan Carlos Mendez along with Mayor Garcetti, Chief Moore and dozens of religious leaders stood in solidarity with the Muslim community.
It is terrifying to think that people would come to a house of worship and experience such an unthinkable act. My prayer is; may they find comfort in knowing that Christians are praying for the victims and their families. Christians all over the world have been experiencing similar attacks while they worship; so we condemn this and every attack on a house of worship.