“With a heart shattered over the massacre at the elementary school in Texas, I pray for the children and adults who were killed and for their families,” the pope said.
Guns
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Three questions white Catholics must ask themselves after the racist shooting in Buffalo
In the wake of the mass shooting in Buffalo, Catholic social teaching can provide a starting point for addressing a society that disregards lives, particularly those of Black people.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Praying at the sites of gun violence—even when you feel helpless
Sometimes, standing in a spot and truly acknowledging pain may be the best thing we can do.
Posted inFaith, Short Take
Can you be pro-life and own guns?
When talking about gun control policies, we must center our conversation around the sanctity of human life.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Cardinal Dolan presides over funeral Mass for fallen NYPD officer at St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Jason Rivera was fatally wounded Jan. 21 by a gunman who ambushed them in a hallway as they responded to a family dispute.
Posted inJesuitical, Politics & Society
How a neighborhood healed after deadliest attack on the Jewish community in U.S. history
On Oct. 27, 2018, 11 people attending Shabbat services were killed at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburg. When the public’s attention moved on, journalist Mark Oppenhiemer didn’t look away.
Posted inArts & Culture, Film
‘Mass’ captures grief in the wake of a school shooting. That unfiltered pain is a liturgical experience.
“Mass” captures perfectly this experience of tragic loss, from two radically different perspectives.
Posted inPodcasts, Politics & Society
After the deadliest attack on Latinos in American history, Bishop Seitz called this evil by name: racism.
“One of the problems of racism, as is the case with so many sins, is that the sinner doesn’t recognize their part in the sin.”
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Amid rising gun violence, Chicago’s Cardinal Cupich calls for solidarity—not retreating to safe spaces
With violent crime rising in a number of U.S. cities, Chicago’s Cardinal Blase Cupich is urging Catholics to consider how they might contribute to a more just and peaceful society.
Posted inFaith, Podcasts
Christian purity culture and racism left 8 people dead in Atlanta. How should the church respond?
Purity culture, racism and the violence against Asian women in Atlanta.