Gun Violence

People light candles in the main square of Graz, Austria, June 10, 2025, following a deadly shooting at the Dreierschützengasse high school. A former student opened fire at the school in Austria's second-biggest city, killing at least nine people, mostly teenagers, and wounding at least 12 others before taking his own life, authorities said. (OSV News photo/Leonhard Foeger, Reuters)

On a day of ‘national tragedy,’ Austria mourns 10 victims of school shooting

June 11, 2025
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.
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Nuns Against Gun Violence 

April 25, 2025
Another mass shooting, another spate of thoughts and prayers. A group of sisters and their supporters are working to reignite a sense of urgency in the face of America’s gun violence epidemic. 
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A young woman prays at Blackhawk Church in Madison, Wis., Dec. 16, 2024, as people gather to pray for victims and survivors of a mass shooting that day at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison. At least three people are dead, including the suspect, and others are injured, after the mass shooting, police said. (OSV News photo/Cullen Granzen, Reuters)

3 dead, including teen suspect, in mass shooting at Wisconsin Christian school

December 18, 2024
Police in Madison, Wisconsin, said they are investigating a mass shooting at that city's Abundant Life Christian School Dec. 16 that left at least two killed and six injured, authorities said. The gunman is also dead, they said.
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Long Shadow: In Guns We Trust

Long Shadow: In Guns We Trust

June 25, 2024
Journalist, historian, and host Garrett Graff has made our country’s gun fixation the focus of the third season of his celebrated podcast, Long Shadow.
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Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker donated a jersey and sent a touching message to the family of Lisa Lopez-Galvan, second from right in the family photo, the Catholic mother killed during a mass shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl parade Feb. 14, 2024, Ash Wednesday. (OSV News photo/Earl Richardson courtesy Knights of Columbus/screenshot/Facebook)

Chiefs Kicker Sends Jersey, Message to Family of Shooting Victim

February 26, 2024
Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker donated a jersey and sent a touching message to the family of Lisa Lopez-Galvan, the Catholic mother killed during a mass shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl parade.
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Lisa Lopez-Galvan, second from right, stands with her family in a photo posted to her Facebook account Sept. 26, 2022. Lopez-Galvan, a parishioner of Sacred Heart-Guadalupe Church in Kansas City, Mo., was killed Feb. 14, 2024, Ash Wednesday, during a shooting following the Kansas City Chiefs' Super Bowl victory parade. (OSV News screenshot/Facebook)

Catholic mother of 2 killed in Super Bowl parade shooting

February 16, 2024
Lisa Lopez-Galvan, a Catholic mother of two and beloved disc jockey for the KKFI radio station in Kansas City, Missouri, was killed Wednesday amid a mass shooting following the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl victory parade.
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