Prayer plea after 46 die in tragic Honduras women’s prison massacre
Relatives of a victim of the deadly prison riot at the Centro Femenino de Adaptacion Social women's prison load a casket with the body into a truck outside a morgue in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, June 21, 2023. The riot the previous day killed at least 41 women, most of them burned to death, in violence linked to gang activity, authorities said. (OSV News photo/Fredy Rodriguez, Reuters)
Catholics in Honduras prayed for the victims of a horrific massacre in a women’s prison – an attack underscoring the power of the country’s criminal gangs and their control over correctional facilities. Many Catholic clergy expressed outrage while demanding an overhaul of the country’s prison system. “Tragedy repeats itself,” tweeted Bishop Ángel Garachana of San…