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Justin Bates, right, a survivor of the Gilroy Garlic Festival mass shooting, is comforted by his father, Rob Bates, during a candlelight vigil outside Gilroy City Hall in California July 29, 2019. The event honored those who died and were injured during the shooting a day earlier. The Diocese of San Jose held a bilingual prayer vigil July 29 for victims, survivors and first responders at St. Mary Church in Gilroy in response to the shooting that claimed three lives and injured 12 others. (CNS photo/Kate Munsch, Reuters)

San Jose bishop offers prayers on first anniversary of Gilroy shooting

Rhina Guidos|Jul 29, 2020|3 Min Read

rchbishop Wilton Gregory at a Mass celebrated at the Capital One Arena before the 2020 March for Life. (Peter Zelasko/CNA)

Archbishop Gregory denounces ‘murderous attack’ on Ahmaud Arbery

Catholic News Agency|May 13, 2020|3 Min Read

Royal Canadian Mounted Police stand along a road in Portapique, Nova Scotia, April 19, 2020, after a shooter went on 12-hour rampage that left at least 19 people dead. (CNS photo/John Morris, Reuters)

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Nova Scotia archbishop offers condolences after largest mass shooting

Catholic News Service|Apr 20, 2020|3 Min Read

Pope Francis greets Bishop Mark J. Seitz of El Paso, Texas, at the Vatican Jan. 20, 2020. Via Bishop Seitz, Pope Francis sent rosaries to the victims of the Aug. 3, 2019, mass shooting in El Paso. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Via El Paso bishop, Pope Francis sends rosaries for mass shooting victims

Rhina Guidos|Feb 4, 2020|2 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. Amid the multiple mass shootings that took place in the U.S. during 2019, Catholic leaders spoke out against them, urged legislators to make changes to put a stop these actions and asked Catholics to pray and work toward possible solutions. (CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn)

Amid year's violence, Catholic leaders decry shootings, urge policy changes

Carol Zimmermann|Dec 30, 2019|7 Min Read

Police stand at the scene Dec. 11, 2019, of a gun battle that took place the day before involving two men around a kosher market in Jersey City, N.J. Six people, including a police officer and three bystanders, were killed in a furious battle that filled the streets of Jersey City with the sound of heavy gunfire for hours, authorities said. (CNS photo/Lloyd Mitchell, Reuters)

Students kept safe in N.J. Catholic school during nearby gun battle

Catholic News Service|Dec 11, 2019|3 Min Read

The aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy arrives for exercises at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Fla., March 17, 2004. Three people were shot dead early Dec. 6, 2019, at the airbase and the gunman was a trainee with the Saudi Air Force, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said. (CNS photo/Patrick Nichols, U.S. Navy handout via Reuters)

Florida bishop calls mass shooting at naval station 'truly heartbreaking'

Catholic News Service|Dec 6, 2019|2 Min Read

Fr. Albert Avenido, pastor at Saint Kateri Tekakwitha Catholic Church in Santa Clarita, comforts a grieving woman after Mass Nov. 17. (Tom Hoffarth/Angelus News)

Saugus shooting hits home for Santa Clarita Catholics

Tom Hoffarth|Nov 18, 2019|5 Min Read

Bishop Frank J. Dewane of Venice, Fla., speaks during the fall general assembly of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in Baltimore Nov. 11, 2019. (CNS photo/Bob Roller)

Rural-urban convenings suggested to address plague of gun violence

Dennis Sadowski|Nov 11, 2019|4 Min Read

People look at a Remembrance Wall at the Las Vegas Healing Garden Oct. 1, 2018, during the one-year anniversary of the mass shooting in Las Vegas. More than half of American adults consider mass shootings a latent threat, a Reuters/Ipsos survey in August discovered. Many respondents reported experiencing a sense of insecurity with increased levels of anxiety. (CNS photo/Steve Marcus, Reuters)

Experts offer advice to help people confront anxiety over gun violence

Patricia Montana|Oct 14, 2019|4 Min Read

Cardinal Daniel DiNardo. CNA file photo.

News

USCCB issues 9th mass shooting statement of 2019

Catholic News Agency|Sep 2, 2019|2 Min Read

Police cars and tape block off a crime scene outside the Cinergy Odessa movie theater where a gunman was shot and killed on August 31

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After latest in 'epidemic' of mass shootings, bishops again call for prayer and action

Catholic News Agency|Sep 1, 2019|4 Min Read

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