“Evil wants us to stop praying and to despair. We will not. We cling to Christ, who has conquered death.”
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OnWednesday,Aug.27,2025,ashooteropenedfireatAnnunciationCatholicSchoolinMinneapolis,Minnesota,duringtheopeningMassforthefirstdayofschool.
Severalpublicfigurescommentedonthetragedy,sayingthat“thoughtsandprayers”arenotenoughwhenaddressingthissituation.
OneofthesepublicfiguresincludedformerWhiteHousePressSecretaryJenPsaki.
InaviralXpost,PsakiattackedthoseensuringtheMinnesotaCatholicschooloftheirprayersfortheshootingvictimsandallthoseinvolved.
Here’sJenPsaki’sXpostbelow:Prayerisnotfreakingenough.Prayersdoesnotendschoolshootings.prayersdonotmakeparentsfeelsafesendingtheirkidstoschool.Prayerdoesnotbringthesekidsback.Enoughwiththethoughtsandprayers.
—JenPsaki(@jrpsaki)August27,2025
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JenPsaki’sfullpostreads,“Prayerisnotfreakingenough.Prayerdoesnotendschoolshootings.Prayersdonotmakeparentsfeelsafesendingtheirkidstoschool.Prayerdoesnotbrin
