The scourge of gun violence in Chicago has been a favorite talking point on both the left and the right, frequently used as an example of either the need for law-and-order policing or the need for stricter gun legislation.
Now Chicago's violence is the subject of a letter from an unexpected source: Pope Francis.
“Please convey to the people of Chicago that they have been on my mind and in my prayers,” the pontiff wrote Tuesday in a letter to Cardinal Blase Cupich, the archbishop of Chicago. “I know that many families have lost loved ones to violence. I am close to them, I share in their grief, and pray that they may experience healing and reconciliation through God's grace.”
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