At least 20 people were killed in a Texas church on Sunday.
Guns
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Official says more than 20 dead in Texas church shooting
A sheriff says that a man walked into the church and started firing.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Catholic leaders welcome more troops in Central Africa, but want weapons
All but three of the 16 prefectures in the country are still controlled by armed gangs, despite the presence of U.N. peacekeepers.
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
The deadliest consequence of our unfettered gun ownership is not mass shootings: it’s suicide.
A suicide prevented is often more than only one life saved; it often is a whole family preserved.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Your Take
What type of gun control does the U.S. need?
Although respondents to America’s survey had different priorities with regard to gun control, an overwhelming majority of 88 percent called gun control a pro-life issue.
Posted inFeatures, Politics & Society
Las Vegas and the fatalism of “thoughts and prayers” Christianity
Pat Robertson and others appear to have abandoned the notion that political action has the ability to improve the lives of the governed.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Are gun manufacturers and politicians morally complicit in mass shootings?
Politicians who enable the proliferation of assault weapons are guilty of illicit cooperation in evil.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Sad, tired and angry: A prayer in the face of gun violence
I am sad over the loss of life, tired of excuses for the loss of life, and angry that we are paralyzed by the loss of life.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis offers prayers for the dead and injured in Las Vegas shooting
The pope “offers the promise of his prayers for the injured and for all who have died, entrusting them to the merciful love of Almighty God.”
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
An unsettling look at America’s culture of self-defense
“Stand your ground” laws typically expand the historic reach of the “castle doctrine,” the right in English common law to defending one’s own property.