“As a society, we must strive for a way to end such acts of senseless gun violence in our schools and communities,” Cardinal DiNardo said in a May 18 statement.
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What Childish Gambino and Flannery O’Connor have in common
Gambino’s new video for ‘This is America’ is an experience of radical interruption, one that O’Connor would have appreciated.
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Here’s what happened when NRA members encountered a prayer vigil outside their convention.
The National Rifle Association gathering in Dallas attracted demonstrators on both sides of gun control—and an opportunity for dialogue.
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Pleas for common sense gun reform raised after Waffle House shooting
James Shaw Jr., the hero who disarmed the shooter of his AR-15 rifle, likely prevented even more people from being hurt or killed.
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Have we reached a turning point in the gun control debate?
Patrick Blanchfield on the history and future gun control in the United States
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Have we reached a turning point in the gun control debate?
As I write this, thousands of students across the country are walking out of their high schools to protest gun violence. April 20 marks the 19th anniversary of the 1999 Columbine High School shooting in Littleton, Colo., which left 13 dead. At the time, it was the deadliest school shooting in modern U.S. history. Tragically, […]
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The Parkland students have been heard. Now is the time for action.
Students using the media and impassioned testimonies to mobilize voters and influence lawmakers are not circumventing democracy. They are exercising democracy.
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Cardinal Cupich praises activists against gun violence at Good Friday procession
The Good Friday march in Chicago included re-enactments of the Last Supper and Crucifixion, along with a call to action to prevent gun violence.
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Lenten penitence and our reckoning with gun violence
The March for Our Lives, which happened at the outset of Holy Week, told Americans it is time to face the deep sin of favoring guns over human life.
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Catholic groups join protest against gun violence at March for Our Lives
Many of the participants from Catholic schools and churches say that respecting the dignity of life means protecting children from gun violence.