Gun violence

“Catholic social teaching is clear: every person has inherent dignity, and those fleeing danger must be protected, not turned away.”

“The loss of life on that (Aug. 27) occasion was horrific, and the impact on students, teachers and their families traumatizing,” Archbishop Hebda said Oct. 20.

“It’s still very, very, very fresh and (we’ll) probably live (with it) for a long time,” Matthew Tews said about the mass shooting at a Minneapolis church.

(OSV News) — Sharing hugs, tears and smiles, more than 150 people gathered on the lawn outside Annunciation Catholic Church and School in Minneapolis for a morning prayer service Sept. …

(OSV News) — Several Catholic bishops are expressing their sorrow over a deadly attack at a Michigan house of worship, which took place just weeks after a mass shooting at a …

(OSV News) — A month after a fatal shooting during Mass at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis, at least four people were killed and eight others were wounded during a church …

(OSV News) — We are a society in crisis. There is no other way to describe the fact that, in the past month, three young men, aged 16 to 23, …

“No one understood or had the Heart of the Youth in the United States of America better than Charlie,” Trump said in statement about Kirk’s death confirmed.

Pray for the Minneapolis Catholic community as it mourns two students and determines how to move forward with the school year.

“We are heartbroken by the loss of life,” said Cardinal Dolan. “The victims, those who were injured, and their families are in our prayers.”