‘Thoughts and prayers’: What good are they? July 3, 2023By Lisa M. Hendey OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Gun Violence Meant as a consolation, the words “thoughts and prayers” are often seen as a senseless murmur offered in place of greatly needed societal change.
Archbishop Lori asks for prayers for victims after shooting in Brooklyn community July 2, 2023By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, Local News, News Following a mass shooting in which two were killed and 28 injured at a block party July 2 in the South Baltimore community of Brooklyn, Archbishop William E. Lori asked for prayers for the victims and the city.
Bishops of Atlanta province call for ‘decisive action’ on gun safety, mental health legislation June 30, 2023By Nichole Golden OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, News, World News Sitting in front of a replica of Michelangelo’s Pietà — the sculpture of Mary holding her crucified son — the bishops of the Atlanta province signed a joint statement June 27 urging “decisive action” on legislation to curb gun violence.
Trip to Uvalde, Texas, leaves Capitol Hill pastor ‘still processing’ how deep community’s trauma remains June 9, 2023By Mark Pattison OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, News, World News Father Dan Carson was one of 14 Catholic clergy and lay leaders to spend three days in the town where feelings are still raw and wounds of all kinds are slowly healing from a mass shooting at a grade school one year ago that claimed the lives of 19 students and two of their teachers.
Richmond bishop condemns deadly, ‘callous act’ of gun violence at graduation ceremony June 8, 2023By Maria Wiering OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, News, World News The June 6 shooting took place in a park outside a theater that hosted Huguenot High School’s graduation ceremony, two blocks from the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart.
Newark cardinal: Americans should exercise ‘voluntary self-restraint’ on gun ownership for common good June 7, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, News, World News Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin of Newark recently published a letter calling on Americans to voluntary “self-restraint” on gun ownership as part of their response to rising gun violence.
Second graders at Nashville Catholic school make, sell bracelets to buy therapy dog for peers at school where mass shooting occurred June 4, 2023By Katie Peterson OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, News, Schools, World News Two second-grade students at Overbrook Catholic School in Nashville have been “busy bees” the last month, making 2,500 beaded bracelets, and it’s for one very special reason — to raise $17,000 to purchase a therapy dog for the students of The Covenant School, where an assailant killed six people including three 9-year-old students March 27.
A year after mass shooting, Catholic Extension recommits to ongoing support for Uvalde community May 31, 2023By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, News, World News One year after the Uvalde mass school shooting, which left 19 students and two teachers dead, officials with Chicago-based Catholic Extension visited the Texas city to renew the organization’s solidarity with a community still in the process of healing and announce its financial and tangible support will continue.
Uvalde Catholic community marks painful anniversary with Mass, prayers May 26, 2023By Maria-Pia Negro Chin OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, News, World News Community members gathered in Uvalde, Texas, to pray and honor the 21 lives taken last year in a mass shooting at Robb Elementary School.
‘Bless those who walk the blue line,’ bishop prays as nation honors police May 16, 2023By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, News, World News As the U.S. marks National Police Week, Bishop Michael F. Burbidge of Arlington, Va., has issued a statement honoring law enforcement officers, both living and dead.
Vigil walkers demand justice for slain Fabián Sánchez–González May 8, 2023By Priscila González de Doran Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, Hispanic Ministry, Local News, News Led by the mother, father and other family members of a 23-year-old Catholic who was shot and killed while working at a T-Mobile in Canton, nearly 80 people walked through the streets of East Baltimore May 7 in a peaceful call for change.
Dallas bishop reacts to mass shooting at mall with ‘heavy heart,’ urges ‘prayers for peace’ in communities May 8, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, News, World News Dallas Bishop Edward J. Burns addressed the faithful of the diocese “with a heavy heart” late May 6 after at least eight people, including a child, were killed during a mass shooting that afternoon at an outlet mall in Allen, Texas.