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Catholic bishops respond to Texas tragedies that left 16 dead, including group of migrants
By Peter Pinedo Washington D.C., May 8, 2023 / 13:15 pm Two tragedies over the weekend have left 16 dead and many more wounded in Texas. Eight migrants were killed and 10 injured when a speeding SUV Sunday morning plowed into a group of people in the border city of Brownsville, …
Louisville archbishop prays for victims of Easter Monday shooting
By Jonah McKeown St. Louis, Mo., Apr 11, 2023 / 13:45 pm Archbishop Shelton Fabre of Louisville asked for prayers for those involved after an Easter Monday shooting at a bank in downtown Louisville, which left five people dead and at least eight others injured. “My heart is heavy as we …
Xavier University grad killed in Louisville mass shooting
The Xavier University community mourns Joshua Barrick, a 2005 graduate who was killed during the mass shooting in Louisville yesterday. In Times of Sorrow May you see God’s light on the path ahead When the road you walk is dark. May you always hear, Even in your hour of sorrow, …
Police: Shooter at Nashville Christian school was former student, had ‘manifesto’
By Tyler Arnold Washington D.C., Mar 28, 2023 / 14:50 pm A person who killed six people at a private Presbyterian Christian school in Nashville before being fatally shot by police wrote a manifesto that contained a map of the school and potential entry points, but a motive for the crime …
Los Angeles archbishop prays for victims of shooting at dance studio
by CNA Staff CNA Newsroom, Jan 23, 2023 / 11:30 am Los Angeles Archbishop José Gomez on Sunday offered prayers for victims of a Saturday shooting at a Monterey Park, California, ballroom dance studio. “We pray for those killed and injured in this shooting, we ask that God stay close …
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 …
Local 22-year-old man in custody in July Fourth parade shooting in Illinois
by CNA Staff Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 4, 2022 / 17:55 pm Robert E. Crimo III, a 22-year-old from Highland Park, was apprehended late Monday in connection with a mass shooting during the Chicago suburb’s Fourth of July parade, authorities said. Crimo had been identified earlier in the day as …
USCCB after 9 killed in San Jose shooting: “Something fundamentally broken in our society”
by CNA Staff San Jose, Calif., May 26, 2021 / 19:14 pm Archbishop Paul S. Coakley, chairman of the USCCB Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development said on Wednesday, May 26, that the tragic shootings at a rail yard in San Jose, CA, “reminds us once again that something …
Indianapolis archbishop offers prayers in response to local mass shooting
By CNA Staff Washington D.C., Apr 16, 2021 / 09:46 am America/Denver (CNA). The Archbishop of Indianapolis on Friday offered prayers and called on Catholics to work to end gun violence, after a deadly mass shooting at a local FedEx facility the night before. “Once again our nation is mourning …
Eric Talley funeral: Catholic father of seven ‘died a hero’
by Jonah McKeown Denver, Colo., Mar 29, 2021 / 02:18 pm MT (CNA).- A funeral Mass was held Monday in Denver for Officer Eric Talley, a Catholic father of seven who was killed while responding to last week’s mass shooting at a grocery store in Boulder, CO. “Eric has shown …
