{"id":2497,"date":"2012-07-25T10:30:25","date_gmt":"2012-07-25T14:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/faithmediaandculture\/?p=2497"},"modified":"2012-07-25T10:30:25","modified_gmt":"2012-07-25T14:30:25","slug":"denvers-catholic-archdiocese-offers-help-to-victims-of-dark-night-shootings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/2012\/07\/denvers-catholic-archdiocese-offers-help-to-victims-of-dark-night-shootings.html","title":{"rendered":"Denver’s Catholic Archdiocese offers help to victims of “Dark Night” shootings"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here are today’s dispatches from the crossroads of faith, media and culture.<\/p>\n

1. Church offers psychological and spiritual support for Aurora shooting victims .<\/strong> The Regina Caeli Counseling Services<\/a> of Catholic Charities in the Archdiocese of Denver is offering counseling services to those affected by last week’s tragic shootings during an overnight showing of the Batman<\/em> movie The Dark Knight Rises<\/em>. The Archdiocese is also providing spiritual direction from priests to anyone who seeks it.<\/p>\n

Following the nightmarish attack, Archbishop Samuel Aquila and Bishop James Conley of the Archdiocese of Denver issued a joint statement\u00a0 in which they prayed for the dead and wounded, their families and for the accused shooter, 24-year-old James Holmes (the gunman who early Friday opened fire and set off gas canisters in a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, killing 12 people and injuring 58).<\/p>\n

\u201cOnly Jesus Christ can overcome the darkness of such evil,\u201d they said in the statement. Archbishop Aquila celebrated a Mass for victims, survivors and their families July 20 at Queen of Peace Parish in Aurora. Bishop Conley led an invocation July 22 during a prayer vigil at the Aurora Municipal Center.<\/p>\n