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‘Understand that he still loves you’: Catholics mourn victims of Michigan State shooting

by Tina Dennelly CNA Newsroom, Feb 15, 2023 / 12:31 pm Michigan Catholics sought solace and support one day after three students were killed in a shooting on the campus of Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan. A Mass was offered Tuesday night at St. John Church and Student …
U.S. bishops call for change after Highland Park shooting

by Maisy Sullivan Washington D.C., Jul 7, 2022 / 17:00 pm Following the July 4 shooting near Chicago, the U.S. bishops’ conference called for a continued push for change and noted its support for strengthened gun laws. “Over the holiday, yet another community experienced the devastation of a mass shooting, …
Pope Francis condemns ‘senseless shooting,’ calls for end of violence after July Fourth parade attack

by CNA Staff Vatican City, Jul 5, 2022 / 06:53 am Pope Francis has expressed shock and sadness over the mass shooting that led to the death of at least six and wounded some 30 others at a Fourth of July parade in the Chicago suburb of Highland on Monday. In a …
Bishop Chairmen Call for Congressional Action to Address Gun Violence

WASHINGTON — After multiple mass shootings in recent weeks, four bishop chairmen joined in a letter to Congress expressing their grief over these incomprehensible tragedies. Their letter calls on members of Congress to, “unite in our humanity to stop the massacres of innocent lives.” Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma …
Eleven funerals to take place at Uvalde’s Catholic church in coming weeks

by Joe Bukuras Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 31, 2022 / 13:12 pm Eleven of the Uvalde shooting victims were parishioners at the city’s Sacred Heart Catholic Church, and their funerals will be held there over the next two and a half weeks. Although there will be 11 funerals, 12 lives …
Texas shooting victim’s husband dies of heart attack; archbishop prays for Catholic family

by Jonah McKeown, Katie Yoder, Joe Bukuras Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 26, 2022 / 15:23 pm The husband of one of the nearly two dozen victims of a mass shooter in Texas died Thursday, reportedly of a heart attack as he was preparing for his wife’s funeral. 50-year-old Joe Garcia dropped off …
Bishop Flores on Texas elementary school shooting: ‘Don’t tell me that guns aren’t the problem’

by Courtney Mares Rome Newsroom, May 25, 2022 / 07:55 am Bishop Daniel Flores said on Wednesday that he was sick of hearing people say that “guns aren’t the problem” after a gunman killed at least 19 children and two teachers at a Texas elementary school. “We sacralize death’s instruments …
Pope Francis: ‘My heart is broken’ over Texas elementary school shooting

By CNA Staff Vatican City, May 25, 2022 / 03:08 am Pope Francis said on Wednesday that his heart was broken by the killing of at least 19 children and two adults at an elementary school in Texas. Speaking at the end of his general audience in St. Peter’s Square on …
Statement of USCCB on School Shooting in Uvalde, Texas

WASHINGTON – In response to the news of the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas reported this afternoon, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) offered the following statement from its spokesperson, Chieko Noguchi, director of public affairs. “There have been too many school shootings, too much killing of the innocent. …