4 congregations of women religious sue gunmaker Smith & Wesson over assault weapons
OSV News
December 14, 2023
Four congregations of women religious filed suit against the board of gunmaker Smith & Wesson Dec. 5 in a Las Vegas court, the day before a shooter killed three people and critically wounded a fourth on the University of Nevada, ...
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Baltimore Archdiocese’s gun buyback effort takes 362 firearms off streets
OSV News
August 17, 2023
Father Michael Murphy, pastor of St. Joseph's Monastery in Baltimore's Irvington neighborhood, is not sure how much of a dent an Aug. 5 gun buyback effort will make in the deadly violence that plagues cities such as Baltimore.
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Catholic leaders join laity in push for gun safety in Tennessee
OSV News
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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In Search of Answers
Susan Hines-Brigger
March 31, 2023
Reflect I am once again trying to wrap my head around the news of another school shooting. In the blink of an eye, another six people are gone, three of them children. As a mom, these constant shootings terrify me. ...
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Editorial: Reckoning with Our Culture of Gun Violence
Daniel Imwalle
July 25, 2022
After praying for the victims in Uvalde, Pope Francis said, "It's time to say, 'Enough!' to the indiscriminate trafficking of guns."
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Supreme Court upholds gun ban for domestic abusers