Bishops of dioceses which themselves fell victim to mass shootings in recent years were among the flood of Catholic leaders offering condolences and consolation to survivors and family members of the victims of the mass shooting on June 12 at a gay nightclub attack in Orlando, Florida.The mass shoot

"Refugees are people like everyone, but war took away their home, work, relatives and friends," Pope Francis said.

"This is our winter," said Shannon Clancy, chief philanthropy officer for the Society of St. Vincent de Paul in Phoenix. "Out West when the heat turns up, the need actually increases."

The "dissent channel cable" expresses clear frustration with America's inability to halt a civil war that has killed perhaps a half-million people.

“A large majority of sacramental marriages are null. They say 'yes, for my whole life,' but they do not know what they are saying.”

"This is our country, we had a civilization here for a thousand years and we are still citizens of this country," he added. "We cannot be marginalized."