By Richard K. De Atley, the Orange County Register
“Only love can conquer evil and violence,” the head of the Roman Catholic Los Angeles Archdiocese said Sunday in a statement offering prayers for the hundreds killed and wounded following Easter Sunday bombings at churches and hotels in Sri Lanka.
“We ask Jesus this morning for the courage to love and we pray for the conversion of every heart that is hardened by hatred,” said Archbishop José H. Gomez, who heads the archdiocese that serves more than 4.3 million Catholics in Los Angeles, Ventura and Santa Barbara counties.