Nebraska voters reinstated the death penalty. California, Nevada and Massachusetts approved measures legalizing the recreational use of marijuana.

St. Columba began celebrating Black Catholic History Month and Kwanzaa alongside the regular events in the liturgical calendar.

More than 2,800 people were shot in Chicago last year, and by December 2015 there had been 417 gun homicides, up almost 20 percent from the previous year.

Sandy Hook should not have happened. Those 20 children and six teachers and administrators should not have died.

Though we cannot create an absolutely safe world, we can create a safer world.

Gun control is about the defense of life.