Church leaders in the Philippines criticized a proposal to arm priests as a protective measure in the wake of recent attacks on clergy members.
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Parish prays with school shooting survivors, mourners at memorial vigil
The shooting shocked communities still in recovery from Hurricane Harvey, the parish itself having recently renovated after seeing Harvey’s floodwater fill the sanctuary.
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The Creeping Normalcy of School Shootings
Apparently, just about everything contributes to gun mayhem in the United States—but not the 300 million guns themselves.
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Texas archdiocese, bishops offer healing, support after shooting
“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.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
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.