Police reports show that 28-year-old Fr. Walker was allegedly killed with a .357 gun owned by Fr. Terra and kept at the rectory for protection. The police report shows that Fr. Terra, 56, was beaten with an angle iron. Moran allegedly wrestled the gun away from him. The younger priest was allegedly shot when he came to investigate the commotion.

But the conversation in Detroit about Israel and Palestine will go beyond divestment. Commissioners will vote on whether to abandon hopes for a two-state solution, condemn the occupation in Palestine, and label Israel an “apartheid” state. This antagonism toward Israel has upset many American Jews. In a June 4 letter to the PCUSA, 25 rabbis condemned a congregational study guide called Zionism Unsettled that remains for sale on the denomination’s website.

The Pope and Archbishop also spoke of their appreciation of the recent work of the Anglican Roman Catholic International Commission (ARCIC) following its meeting in South Africa. The burdens of division continue but the opportunities for new collaboration and much deeper understanding between the two world communions are compelling and timely.

Read the text of the Archbishop’s address to Pope Francis here:

Within a month of the double murders, longtime rector, The Rev. Kirk A. Kubicek left St. Peter's after 17 years behind the altar and in the pulpit. He is now the chaplain and teaches World Religions and English at St. Timothy's, an all girl boarding school in Stevenson, Maryland. St. Timothy's was founded in 1882 as a "select school for young ladies."