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Gun Violence

‘Cruel Hoax’ active shooter alert disrupts Villanova’s Opening Mass

August 22, 2025
By Gina Christian
OSV News
Filed Under: Colleges, Gun Violence, News, World News

An active shooter at Villanova University reported late afternoon Aug. 21 was a “cruel hoax,” a university official said less than two hours after the initial scare that led to a campus lockdown.

Gun buyback exceeds expectations, previous totals

August 11, 2025
By Carole Norris Greene
Special to the Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, Local News, News

The 410 firearms collected during the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s third annual gun buyback Aug. 9 exceeded expectations and boosted hopes of ending gun violence. The day’s urgency was underscored hours later when a mass shooting in Park Heights left a 38-year-old man dead and injured four other adults and a 5-year-old girl.

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‘Never get used to violence,’ says NY cardinal after mass shooting in building near St. Patrick’s

July 29, 2025
By Gina Christian
OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, News, World News

“We should never get used to violence or lose our respect for the sacredness of human life,” said Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York, following a deadly mass shooting in that city that claimed four lives, including that of a New York City police officer.

Third annual gun buyback scheduled for Aug. 9

July 24, 2025
By Katie V. Jones
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, Local News, News

The Archdiocese of Baltimore will hold its third annual gun buyback event Aug. 9 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Westside Shopping Center, 2413 Frederick Ave.

Slain Minnesota lawmaker, husband remembered for lives lived ‘with purpose, meaning’

June 30, 2025
By OSV News
OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, News, World News

Democratic State Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, who were shot dead in their home June 14, were remembered at their funeral Mass June 28 for living their lives “with purpose and meaning.”

Suspect arrested for murdering Minnesota lawmaker, husband

June 16, 2025
By Joe Ruff
OSV News
Filed Under: Gun Violence, News, World News

A man suspected of killing Democratic State Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, was arrested June 15 after a nearly two-day manhunt that authorities described as the largest in state history.

Minnesota lawmaker who once taught Catholic Sunday school shot and killed in apparent ‘politically motivated assassination’

June 15, 2025
By Joe Ruff
OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, News, World News

Democratic State Rep. Melissa Hortman, who once taught Sunday school at St. Timothy in Blaine, Minn., and was a speaker of the Minnesota House, and her husband, Mark, were shot and killed in their home early June 14 in what Gov. Tim Walz said “appears to be a politically motivated assassination.”

On a day of ‘national tragedy,’ Austria mourns 9 victims of high school shooting

June 10, 2025
By OSV News
OSV News
Filed Under: Gun Violence, News, World News

After one of the worst rampages in Austria’s history, the picturesque European country has been “shattered,” with bishops offering prayers and support to victims’ families.

Catholic sisters’ ‘Put the Guns Down’ campaign hits city buses

May 27, 2025
By Katie V. Jones
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Consecrated Life, Feature, Gun Violence, Local News, News

With the words “Put the Guns Down – Let Peace Begin with Us” emblazoned across its side, a Baltimore City bus proclaimed a message of peace May 22, as Catholic sisters from eight religious congregations gathered alongside it on Monroe Street.

Bishop calls for prayer after deadly attack outside DC’s Capital Jewish Museum

May 22, 2025
By Gina Christian
OSV News
Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, Feature, Gun Violence, News, Uncategorized, World News

Bishop Michael F. Burbidge of Arlington, Va., called for prayers after two Israeli Embassy staff members were slain late May 21 outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington.

Mexican bishops condemn slaying of 7 young people at parish festival

May 21, 2025
By David Agren
OSV News
Filed Under: Gun Violence, News, World News

The Mexican bishops’ conference has condemned a massacre of seven young people — including minors — at a parish festival, while urging action on the part of authorities amid rising violence and warning the population to avoid indifference in the face of recurring atrocities.

Campus Catholic ministry shelters students amid mass shooting at Florida State University

April 18, 2025
By Gina Christian
OSV News
Filed Under: Colleges, Gun Violence, News, World News

The Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee is calling for prayers following an April 17 mass shooting at Florida State University’s main campus in Tallahassee, while a campus Catholic ministry is sheltering students and staff amid the lockdown.

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