Obama Reflects on Kansas Shooting at Easter Prayer

US President Barack Obama began his annual Easter Prayer Breakfast on April 14, with a reflection upon the shooting at a Jewish community center and retirement home in Overland Park, Kansas, on Sunday.

“That this occurred now — as Jews were preparing to celebrate Passover, as Christians were observing Palm Sunday — makes this tragedy all the more painful,” the president said.

Christian leaders from across the country joined President Obama at the breakfast to pray and reflect on Holy Week and Easter. Obama implored people of all faiths to stand united against gun violence and anti-Semitism. Credit: The White House