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Gun Violence and the Right to Life

June 24, 2023
When the worst of COVID-19 was finally in our rearview mirrors, those who survived should have rejoiced. Instead, we got angry.
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People mourn the loss of life as they hold a vigil for the victims of the Tree of Life Congregation shooting in Pittsburgh Oct. 27, 2018. At least 11 people were killed and six others wounded, including four police officers, during the shooting at the synagogue. A federal jury June 16, 2023, found 50-year-old Robert Bowers of Baldwin, Pa., guilty of all 63 charges filed against him in the attack. (OSV News photo/John Altdorfer, Reuters)

Synagogue shooter’s conviction ‘sends message’ against antisemitism, say experts

June 20, 2023
(OSV News) — The conviction of a mass shooter who murdered 11 people and wounded six more at a Pittsburgh synagogue during services “sends a clear message” against antisemitism, while challenging Catholics to ensure such attacks never happen again, experts ...
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Dallas Bishop Reacts To Mass Shooting At Mall With ‘Heavy Heart’

May 8, 2023
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, ...
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Participants hold signs calling for an end to gun violence outside the Tennessee Capitol in Nashville April 18, 2023, during a Voices for a Safer Tennessee event. The group organized a three-mile-long human chain that drew more than 8,000 people and ended at the capitol to urge the Legislature to take steps to address gun violence. (OSV News photo/Rick Musacchio, Tennessee Register)

Catholic leaders join laity in push for gun safety in Tennessee

April 24, 2023
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (OSV News) -- Thousands upon thousands of Nashvillians, representing multiple faiths and backgrounds, came together on April 18 to create a three-mile human chain from Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt University Medical Center to the Cathedral ...
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Police deploy at the scene of a mass shooting near Slugger Field baseball stadium in downtown Louisville, Ky., April, 10, 2023. A gunman opened fire at a bank in downtown Louisville that morning, killing at least four people and sending nine to the hospital before he died by gunfire at the scene, Louisville Metro Police Deputy Chief Paul Humphrey said. (OSV News photo/Michael Clevenger, USA Today Network via Reuters)

Archbishop, governor call for prayer as Louisville mourns mass shooting

April 12, 2023
Amid calls for prayer and praise for first responders, officials confirmed that four people were killed in an April 10 mass shooting, Easter Monday morning, in a downtown bank in Louisville, Kentucky.
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Police officers arrive at the Covenant School on the grounds of Covenant Presbyterian Church in Nashville, Tenn., after reports of a shooting at the school March 27, 2023. At least six were killed -- three adults and three children -- police reported. (OSV News photo/Metropolitan Nashville Police Department handout via Reuters) NO ARCHIVES. MUST DISCARD 30 DAYS AFTER DOWNLOAD.

Diocesan officials call shooting at Nashville Presbyterian school ‘sad, shocking’

March 28, 2023
Officials of the Nashville Diocese called news of a morning mass shooting and loss of life at a private Christian school in the city heartbreaking and “deeply sad and shocking."
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