Police tell The Associated Press that the incident happened Tuesday afternoon at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Campinas, a city about 60 miles (100 kilometers) north of from Sao Paulo.
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I was an American missionary in Honduras. I witnessed firsthand the violence they endure.
In Honduras, paradise and hell are next-door neighbors, and you can hear the gunshots at night from both places.
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Gunman fatally shoots woman at Catholic store in Missouri
Police in Ballwin, Missouri are searching for a gunman who sexually assaulted a woman and shot another in the head in a Catholic religious goods store. Archbishop Robert Carlson of St. Louis (which is near Ballwin) asked for prayers for the victims.
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Lucy McBath lost her son to gun violence. Now, she wants to fight the hate that fuels it.
We all share the belief that gun violence has no place in our society, nor does the hate that often precipitates the gun violence.
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Archbishop Gomez: ‘Pray hard’ for all affected by California shooting
After a shooting spree late Nov. 7 at a country-music bar in Thousand Oaks, about 40 miles from the heart of Los Angeles, Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of Los Angeles asked people to “pray hard” for the victims and their families.
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How can we cure gun violence?
Our Nov 7 guest is Eileen Markey, who will talk about her article, “Can we use public health models to cure the disease of gun violence?” We also discuss these articles: I took in a Honduran refugee. It was no big deal The Ignatian Family Teach In poses a contrast to the divided American Family Three […]
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Anti-Semitism of past generations flared anew in Pittsburgh shooting
In some quarters, people thought anti-Semitism had been swept under the rug. But hiding it didn’t mean getting rid of it, as was painfully evident in the murder of 11 congregants at a Pittsburgh synagogue Oct. 27.
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As shooting victims are mourned, faith, civic leaders vow to fight hate, violence
Thousands of people gathered outside and inside the Sailors and Soldiers Memorial Hall of the University of Pittsburgh Oct. 28 at an interfaith service to mourn the victims of the horrific shooting a day earlier at the Tree of Life synagogue.
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The Editors: Catholics have a moral duty to fight anti-Semitism
We must reject violence. But this is the least that we should do.
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How do I find God in a newsroom massacre?
The Capital Gazette massacre is not only about incalculable loss but also all the gifts the departed gave us and leave us.