June 28, 2016

Friends and family release doves and balloons during the June 21 funeral for Franky Jimmy De Jesus Velazquez in his hometown of Caguas, Puerto Rico. He was one of the victims of the June 12 shooting at the Pulse night club in Orlando, Fla. (CNS photo / Alvin Baez, Reuters)

"Our bodies are united. We are one; together in the grief, pain and trauma. No one suffers alone. We hurt together; we are frustrated and disturbed together."

- Sr. Julia Walsh, from Orlando faces in the sanctuary: Sacred wounds and the communal body, published on Global Sisters Report

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