Illinois bishops, clergy grateful for new assault weapon ban January 12, 2023By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, News, World News Catholic leaders in Illinois are hailing the state’s newly enacted ban on assault weapons, high-capacity magazines and switches.
Vigil honors lives lost to murder in Baltimore January 5, 2023By Matthew Liptak Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, Local News, News Auxiliary Bishop Bruce Lewandowski, C.Ss.R, urban vicar for the Archdiocese of Baltimore, was among several city, religious and community leaders who prayed for the 334 people killed last year in the city.
Aquila: Media claim church teaching helped prompt gay bar shooting is ‘lie’ December 28, 2022By Julie Asher Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, Journalism, News, World News Denver Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila called it irresponsible and a “flat out lie” for The Denver Post daily newspaper and some other local media to scapegoat Catholic teaching on human sexuality as a reason for hatred against transgender people and the wider LGBTQ community that led to a mass shooting at a Colorado gay bar.
Memorial is reminder of ‘suffering, struggle, loss’ of community’s children December 15, 2022By Father Matthew Gworek Catholic News Service Filed Under: Commentary, Feature, Gun Violence With woodland walks and natural ponds embracing a circular granite basin carefully etched with the names of those who perished that day in 2012, the Sandy Hook Permanent Memorial offers a simple beauty.
Extension features Nativity art, letters by children of Ukraine, Uvalde December 15, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Christmas, Feature, Gun Violence, News, World News Catholic Extension’s cover story is about Christmas through the eyes of these children who “come from different cultures and parts of the world, but what they share in common is faith — faith in the midst of terror, violence and war,” the story said.
Mother shares her story of finding God after tragic Sandy Hook shooting December 11, 2022By Karen A. Avitabile Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, News, World News It was after receiving a Bible in the mail that Jennifer Hubbard began to understand her own purpose, grace and healing.
Pastor reflects on 10th anniversary of Sandy Hook school shooting December 5, 2022By Beth Griffin Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, News, World News Reflecting on the horror and the events of the intervening years after the Sandy Hook school shootings, Msgr. Robert Weiss said: “Gratitude sustains me. I pray a lot and try to keep myself in the Lord’s hands.”
Bishop decries second spate of gun fatalities in over a week in Virginia November 24, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, News, World News Just ahead of Thanksgiving Day, “a time where we celebrate what we are most grateful for in our lives,” the nation awoke Nov. 23 “to the somber and agonizing news of more souls lost because of a senseless act of violence” at a Walmart in Chesapeake, said Bishop Barry C. Knestout of Richmond, Virginia.
Diocese distances itself from deacon’s comment after Colorado killings November 22, 2022By Rhina Guidos Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, News, World News The Diocese of Oakland, Calif., issued a statement of support for those suffering after a Nov. 19 attack on an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado.
Catholic leaders respond to shooting at Colorado nightclub November 21, 2022By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, News, World News Catholic leaders have condemned the Nov. 19 attack on an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado, that killed at least five people and injured at least 25.
Virginia bishop mourns loss of life in shooting, decries ongoing violence November 15, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, News, World News The Catholic bishop of Richmond decried the Nov. 13 fatal shooting of three football players at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, urging everyone to pray for the victims, their families and the entire university community.
The Catholic parish in a time of violence July 19, 2022By Bishop W. Shawn McKnight Catholic News Service Filed Under: Commentary, Feature, Guest Commentary, Gun Violence, Respect Life, War in Ukraine We seem to be in an epidemic of mass shootings, with so many innocent people killed, leaving entire communities in deep pain.
