“We have a system or systems that are failing,” said the archbishop of San Antonio, Tex., which includes Uvalde, said. “They’re obsolete. They’re not, anymore, what we need as a society.”
Guns
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
4 things you can do in the face of mass shootings, racism and white supremacy to protect your mental health
Here are some things you can do to protect your mental health as we walk the road to racial justice and peace, while continuing to experience the fruits of racism and white supremacy.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
In big cities, guns bring fear—not freedom
I can assure Texans that very few New Yorkers want to arm themselves to ride the subway, just as few teachers want to pack heat in the classroom.
Posted inFaith, The Word
Violence prevention is necessary to protect the common good
June 5, 2022, Pentecost Sunday: The gifts of the Holy Spirit are given for the common good.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
‘They are traumatized’: How Catholic Charities is responding to Uvalde after the shooting
Catholic Charities has established a command post of sorts at Sacred Heart Church in Uvalde, offering emotional and spiritual support to anyone able to receive it.
Posted inPodcasts, Politics & Society
Podcast: Sad, tired and angry: America’s endless gun debate
We’ve been here before. This happens all the time in America. And it feels like we have the same reactions, the same conversations, read the same tweets.
Posted inArts & Culture, Film
We have to talk about Hollywood’s gun problem
I dare say having Tom Cruise walk across the big screen toting a gun is more effective at selling firearms than a flurry of Republican ads.
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
We called for gun control after MLK and RFK’s assassinations in 1968. We could have written the same editorial today.
In the decade between Sandy Hook and Robb Elementary, America reported or commented on mass shootings approximately 171 times, or about once per month.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
How the Catholic Church in Uvalde is helping a devastated community grieve and heal
San Antonio’s archbishop said it was important to be with the people suffering to remind them they are not alone, to give families the support they need, and to show them “love, love, love.”
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Cardinal Cupich: The Second Amendment did not come down from Sinai
The right to bear arms will never be more important than human life. Our children have rights, too.