Violence

From crisis response canines to parish mental health ministries, the faithful are seeking ways to bring mental health support to Minneapolis Catholic school shooting survivors.

Fletcher Merkel and Harper Moyski were confirmed as victims of the Aug. 27 Minneapolis Catholic school shooting.

President Donald Trump met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska Aug. 15, as Trump seeks to end that nation’s war in Ukraine. 

(OSV News) — A Mexican priest remains in serious condition after being shot four times while traveling to minister to a sick person — an attack reinforcing Mexico’s reputation as one …

“We cannot get used to living with violent death, nor allow impunity to become the norm,” Mexico’s bishops said.

On the 50th anniversary of when the Khmer Rouge took power in Cambodia and left close to 2 million people dead, the Catholic Church there, still a fledgling minority, is …

(OSV News) — The Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee is calling for prayers following an April 17 mass shooting at Florida State University’s main campus in Tallahassee, while a campus Catholic ministry …

Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann said he was “heartbroken to share the tragic news” of the death of Father Raj “Arul” Carasala.

(OSV News) — Two women religious were murdered March 31 by armed gangs in the city of Mirebalais, Haiti, as long-standing violence continues to further destabilize that nation. Sister Evanette Onezaire …

Many of the of Christians who have lost their lives lost them because of their geographical location, not their religion. But still, says priest, “we are indeed facing strong discrimination.”