A Sunday school class reveals how deeply all students have been affected by mass shooting incidents and constant “active shooter drills.”
Guns
Posted inArts & Culture, Catholic Movie Club
Where is God in school shootings? ‘Mass’ doesn’t offer easy answers.
By focusing on parental grief, “Mass” grounds us in human tragedy even as it touches on the political and social implications of the epidemic of school shootings in the United States.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
I’m tired of hearing politicians say ‘This is not who we are’ after political violence
My fellow Americans, I have some bad news: This is who we are.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
After Christmas party massacre, bishop tells Mexicans not to ’get used’ to violence
Bishop Enrique Díaz Díaz of Irapuato, Mexico urged people not to be indifferent after the massacre of a dozen young people at a Christmas party.
Posted inFaith, News
Group of nuns sue gunmaker Smith & Wesson over assault weapons
The sisters say corporate directors at Smith & Wesson Brands have exposed the company to massive liabilities by its manufacture, sale and marketing of AR-15 style rifles.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Shooting of Palestinian college students highlights rising U.S. tensions over Israel-Hamas war
The Nov. 25 shooting in Burlington, Vt. points to rising hate in the United States in the wake of the Israel-Hamas war.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
The bishops must denounce our reckless gun culture with the same urgency as abortion
The Supreme Court has thrown out even widely accepted and eminently sensible restrictions on guns. It is time for the U.S. bishops to call out the lawmakers and judges who enable our culture of violence.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Hospital chaplain: I’ve seen the bodies of children killed by guns. Must you see them, too?
I have heard it said that if the public could see the physical images of violence after a shooting, perhaps we would all be more fervent in our demand for radical change. I have seen it. Must I make you look, too?
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
How a Franciscan friar turned Chicago politician learned to connect with gang members
The guys caught up in gang violence were yearning for respect, as all people deserve, and gaining a grasp on their perspective was God’s lesson for me.
Posted inLast Take, Politics & Society
An open letter to America about gun violence, from a very concerned Irishman
I was a teenager at the time of the Columbine High School shooting. No one could mistake suburban Dublin for anyone’s utopia, but even then my friends and I could recognize that we might as well live in a different galaxy.