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Mass shooting
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 …
After Boulder shooting, archbishop calls for ‘conversion of hearts’

Mar 23, 2021 / 02:23 pm MT (CNA).- Archbishop Samuel Aquila said he is “deeply saddened” by a mass shooting in northern Colorado early this week, and called for conversion of hearts to eradicate violence from society. “I have been praying for all those impacted by this senseless act of …
After Columbine: How one survivor found faith, and a vocation

By Jonah McKeown Denver, Colo., Dec 30, 2019 / 07:01 am (CNA).- Many years before she entered religious life, Sister Mary Gianna Thornby was an ordinary high school sophomore at Columbine High School in the suburbs of Denver. Like many high schoolers, she occasionally struggled with her identity, had experienced …
Walking the Path of Devastation

Archbishop Dennis Schnurr Tours Tornado Damage in Dayton; Meets with Catholic Social Services Story and photos by Jessica Rinaudo It was a somber day walking into the offices of Catholic Social Services of the Miami Valley (CSSMV) in Dayton. Archbishop Dennis Schnurr was there to visit and hear the stories …