There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the bombings, but they came weeks before Pope Francis is to visit the country.

Source: Two Explosions Kill at Least 31 at Egyptian Coptic Churches on Palm Sunday

As we pile into the car to head to Palm Sunday Mass ourselves, the absolute senselessness of violence, and even more so against families, is unfathomable. Between the horrible attacks in Syria and now this, peace feels so far away. Let’s hope, pray, and work to find it however we can.