On the morning of August 27, 2025, as families gathered for Mass at Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis, two children, ages 8 and 10, were killed as they sat in the pews. Seventeen others were injured, including 14 children and 3 adults. The gunman fired through church windows before taking his own life, shattering not just glass but the sacred …
The Long Shadow of American Violence
The Minneapolis church shooting forces us to confront our nation's deepest pathology.



