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A child in Houston holds a firearm on display May 29, 2022, at the National Rifle Association's annual convention. (CNS photo/Callaghan O'Hare, Reuters)

Catholic leaders urge stronger gun control measures on state, federal level

Carol Zimmermann|Jun 3, 2022|7 Min Read

Emergency personnel in Tulsa, Okla., work at the scene of a shooting on the St. Francis Hospital campus June 1, 2022. Four people were killed on the second floor of the medical building. The gunman was later found dead. (CNS photo//Michael Noble Jr., Reuters)

At Tulsa, Okla., Catholic hospital complex, gunman kills four, then himself

Rhina Guidos|Jun 2, 2022|4 Min Read

Rose Conner, a substitute teacher in Uvalde, Texas, hugs a woman outside Sacred Heart Catholic Church May 25, 2022, one day after a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers at Robb Elementary School. (CNS photo/Angela Piazza, USA TODAY NETWORK via Reuters)

A Mass is said for children who suffered double loss in Uvalde shooting

Rhina Guidos|May 27, 2022|3 Min Read

People react outside the SSGT Willie de Leon Civic Center, where students had been transported from Robb Elementary School after a shooting, in Uvalde, Texas, May 24, 2022. (CNS photo/Marco Bello, Reuters)

Pope, U.S. bishops call for prayers and tougher gun laws after Texas massacre

Catholic News Service and Angelus Staff|May 25, 2022|3 Min Read

People gather for a May 22, 2022, vigil in El Paso, Texas, honoring the memory of victims of a May 14 mass shooting that targeted a Black community in Buffalo, N.Y. Organizers of the vigil in El Paso, which experienced a mass shooting targeting Latinos in 2019, said the similarity of the violent attacks targeting people of color "will always unite our two communities." (CNS photo/courtesy Diocese of El Paso)

Remembering Buffalo shooting victims, Catholics pray for end to racism

Rhina Guidos|May 24, 2022|4 Min Read

Bishop Barber. (CNA)

Oakland's Catholic bishop robbed of cash, episcopal ring while praying near cathedral

Catholic News Agency|May 26, 2021|3 Min Read

Father Stephen Thorne, pastor of St. Martin de Porres Parish in Philadelphia, blesses the location where a murder took place outside the church hours after the Easter Vigil Mass, April 21, 2019. (CNS photo/Father Stephen Thorne, courtesy photo via CatholicPhilly.com)

Philadelphia priests look for ways to stop city's gun violence

Gina Christian|Apr 27, 2021|4 Min Read

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Milwaukee archbishop prays for peace after Kenosha shooting

Catholic News Agency|Aug 24, 2020|3 Min Read

Father Ricardo Antonio Cortez in a file photo. (Archdiocese of San Salvador via Crux)

World

Salvadoran bishops demand justice after seminary rector is fatally shot

Rhina Guidos|Aug 10, 2020|4 Min Read

People stand near crosses Aug. 5, 2019, in honor of the victims of a mass shooting Aug. 3 at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas. In an interview with Catholic News Service, El Paso Bishop Mark J. Seitz reflects about the tragic event a year after the killings that profoundly impacted him and his community. (CNS photo/Callaghan O'Hare, Reuters)

El Paso mourns, but heals still from mass shooting one year later

Rhina Guidos|Aug 7, 2020|6 Min Read

Dan Anderl poses for a photo with Bishop James F. Checchio of Metuchen, N.J., in this 2018 photo. The son of New Jersey federal Judge Esther Salas, he was fatally shot at her North Brunswick home July 19, 2020. (CNS screen grab/St. Joseph High School) See JUDGE-SALAS-SON Aug. 4, 2020.

Federal judge speaks out on son's murder, calls for protection of judges

Rhina Guidos|Aug 4, 2020|3 Min Read

A memorial in El Paso, Texas, is seen near the site of the Aug. 3, 2019, Walmart mass shooting during a visit by U.S. bishops and others Sept. 26. A year after the deadly shooting, El Paso Bishop Mark J. Seitz has announced the formation of a group to address racism as a way to honor the victims. (CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn)

Calling out racism, El Paso bishop forms commission a year after massacre

Rhina Guidos|Aug 3, 2020|4 Min Read

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