My generation has never known what it is to exist without the possibility of death by firearms at school, at the movies.
Guns
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Atlanta Korean Catholic community shocked after spa shootings
The Korean Catholic Martyrs Church gathered to offer prayers for the victims and prayers for peace. The parish will be stepping up to join other civic and religious bodies as a community response is mapped out.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Catholic leaders condemn Atlanta shooting and the rising violence against Asian-Americans
Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer, O.F.M. Conv.: “We must, as a Christian family of faith, work to protect the whole community. We must speak up against any aggression and we must be active in our pursuit to end racism and discrimination of every kind.”
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
An unholy trinity led to the Capitol Riots: Fake news, fanaticism and a fetish for guns.
It can happen again.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
How Milwaukee-area Catholic leaders are responding to the Jacob Blake shooting and protests
Church leaders call for peace but also renewed efforts against racism during a week of protest and violence after a police shooting in Kenosha, Wis.
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Federal judge speaks out on son’s murder, calls for protection of judges
Lawyer Roy Den Hollander, who later committed suicide, has been identified as the shooter. Hollander has described himself as “anti-feminist.” Mark Anderl, the judge’s husband, remains in the hospital.
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Calling out racism, El Paso bishop forms commission a year after massacre
“We really believe that ceremonies of remembrance and times of prayer aren’t enough. We also have to deal with the reality that led to those events on that day and were very clearly present in the mind and heart of the attacker.”
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N.J. Catholic communities mourn death of the son of a federal judge
Daniel Anderl was fatally shot in the heart when a gunman entered the family home in North Brunswick Township, New Jersey, on July 19.
Posted inExplainer, Politics & Society
Explainer: Can President Trump designate ‘antifa’ as a terrorist group?
Branding “antifa” (short for “antifascist”) or any domestic association as a terror group is problematic, primarily because the United States “does not officially designate domestic terrorist organizations.”
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Will we normalize Covid deaths in the same way we tolerate gun violence?
As Americans mourn those lost to Covid, we should consider what we will consider the “new normal.” Michael Rozier, S.J., asks how we can avoid repeating our apparent desensitization to gun violence.