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by bcadmin | Oct 23, 2022 | G.K. Chesterton, Gun control, Gun violence, Guns, News, Parkland shooting, Sandy Hook, The Dispatch, USCCB, Uvalde shooting | 0 |
As the nation continues to mourn the victims of the Uvalde massacre, and with old wounds aching over the sentencing of the Parkland shooter and the Sandy Hook conspiracy theorist trial, Catholics should be the […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 5, 2022 | Archdiocese of Chicago, Cardinal Blase Cupich, Church in the US, Gun control, lead, mass shooting, News | 0 |
After a gunman killed at least six people and injured dozens more at a July 4th parade in Highland Park, Illinois, Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago reiterated the need for elected officials to address gun violence in the U.S.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 24, 2022 | Church in the US, Congress, Gun control, lead, New York, News, Supreme Court, USCCB | 0 |
In a June 23 letter to Congress four U.S. Bishop Conference chairmen commended the Senate for passing the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act regarding gun violence, and urged them to continue to work together to “confront a culture of violence.”
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 18, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Gun control, Gun violence, News | 0 |
Gun manufacturer Sturm, Ruger & Company Inc. will examine the human rights impact of selling thousands of guns per year, thanks to a shareholder proposal backed by women religious.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 16, 2022 | Archbishop Paul Coakley, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Gun control, Gun violence, News, U.S. Congress, U.S. Senate, USCCB | 0 |
The chairman of the U.S. bishops’ domestic policy committee June 14 praised a bipartisan Senate proposal “to help prevent senseless violence” that includes “reasonable gun safety measures.”
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 14, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Gun control, Gun violence, mass shooting, News | 0 |
The son of Ruth E. Whitfield, the oldest victim of the racially motivated mass shooting at a Buffalo, New York, grocery store, told a rally in Washington June 11 that the nation needs to “lower” its weapons and “replace the hate.”
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 14, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Gun control, Gun violence, mass shooting, News | 0 |
The son of Ruth E. Whitfield, the oldest victim of the racially motivated mass shooting at a Buffalo, New York, grocery store, told a rally in Washington June 11 that the nation needs to “lower” its weapons and “replace the hate.”
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 10, 2022 | Archdiocese of Portland, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Gun control, Gun violence, News | 0 |
In response to ongoing mass shootings around the nation, St. Anthony Parish in Tigard, Oregon, held a prayer service June 7 called a “lament for gun violence.”
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 9, 2022 | Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller, Catholic social teaching, Church in the US, Georgetown University, Gun control, lead, mass shooting, News | 0 |
Lamenting a “culture of death” that exists in the U.S. after three Mass shootings in less than a month, Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller of San Antonio on June 8 spoke of the need for Catholics to be leaders in reinvigorating a culture of life.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 8, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Gun control, mass shooting, News, school shooting, U.S. Congress | 0 |
“How many of us have to die … for lawmakers to do their job?” asked Students Demand Action, that arrived in Washington in early June for a week of protests demanding that U.S. lawmakers pass restrictions on high-powered weapons.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 5, 2022 | archbishop bernard hebda, Catholic Charities USA, Catholic Health Association, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Gun control, mass shooting, News | 0 |
Several U.S. bishops, women’s religious orders and Catholic organizations have called for stricter federal gun control measures, while state Catholic conferences have rallied behind local measures attempting to curb the spate of gun violence.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 4, 2022 | Archbishop Paul Coakley, Archbishop William Lori, Church in the US, Gun control, mass shooting, News, USCCB | 0 |
In response to a recent string of mass shootings, four U.S. Bishops’ Conference chairmen have called on Congress to work towards legislation that “addresses all aspects of the crisis,” mainly guns, mental health, and declining family life.
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