Tag: mass shooting
Father Andrew Adeniyi Abayomi: ‘I shielded them just as a hen...
OWO, Nigeria-- Father Andrew Adeniyi Abayomi was in the sacristy of St. Francis Xavier Church after Mass when parishioners began running in different directions.
"I...
Prayer service held at Oregon parish after 30 plus mass shootings...
PORTLAND, Ore. — In response to ongoing mass shootings around the nation, St. Anthony Parish in Tigard, Oregon, held a prayer service June 7...
U.S. bishops, state Catholic conferences call for stricter federal gun control...
WASHINGTON -- In the wake of recent mass shootings that have devastated local communities and the nation at large, several U.S. bishops, women's religious...
In Tulsa, Okla., gunman kills four, then himself at St. Francis...
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- A Catholic hospital's campus in Tulsa, Oklahoma, became the scene of the country's 233rd mass shooting of the year June 1,...
Do what we can before we each know the grief of...
When my Uncle Jim was murdered, I wondered if this is what it would take for every American to care about gun violence: to...
Uvalde parish mourns loss of couple from gun violence, heart attack
WASHINGTON — At a May 26 Mass, the Catholic community of Sacred Heart Church in Uvalde, Texas, comforted the four children of Joe and...
After one more ‘senseless’ shooting, California Bishop Oscar Cantú offers prayers
SAN JOSE, Calif. — San Jose Bishop Oscar Cantú urged prayers for the victims and their families after a gunman opened fired the morning...
El Paso Bishop Mark J. Seitz meets with victims, family members...
WASHINGTON -- The bishop of El Paso, Texas, met with the families of those who were killed and wounded during the Aug. 3 shooting...