Guns

Again, the bullet. Again, the agony. We are repeating the day over and over, writes Matt Malone, S.J.

In the past, a gun massacre would set off a necessary—though intractable—debate over gun control. This time, our collective feeling seemed to be: At least it was not children.

Catholic leaders are calling for prayer and action in response to the May 7 school shooting inside a charter school near Denver. One teenager died and eight other students were wounded.

From 2000: Perhaps the N.R.A. has met its match. All the money in the world cannot contend with the rage of a mother torn from her child.

Brazil is still reeling three days after 10 people were killed by two young men who assaulted a São Paulo suburban school on March 12.

That rampage killed at least 41 people, while an attack on a second mosque in the city not long after killed several more.