Gun violence Archives

Texas bishops oppose bill that would end handgun permit requirement

May 4, 2021

Texas Catholic bishops said they are opposed to a bill pending in the state legislature that would allow people to carry handguns without a permit.

By Catholic News Service

Philadelphia priests look for ways to stop city’s gun violence

Apr 28, 2021

Philadelphia’s soaring rates of homicide and gun violence have deep-rooted causes that can only be solved with a combination of spirituality and concrete action, said several Philadelphia priests.

By Gina Christian

Boulder officer recalled as ‘man of character,’ ‘loving father’

Mar 24, 2021

Officer Eric Talley, an 11-year veteran of the Boulder Police Department, was the first to arrive at the scene of a mass shooting at a King Soopers grocery store the afternoon of March 22 and the first of 10 to be killed.

By Catholic News Service

Chicago Catholic high school mourns shooting death of 15-year-old sophomore

Dec 10, 2020

The school community at Mount Carmel High School, an all-boys Catholic school in Chicago, mourned the shooting death of 15-year-old sophomore Isaiah Wade, who starred as a defensive back and wide receiver on the school’s football team, played lacrosse and had a 3.8 GPA.

By Catholic News Service

Dominican sister shot, injured delivering food in southern Mexico

Nov 20, 2020

A Dominican sister was shot in the leg as her humanitarian relief team came under gunfire from paramilitaries in Mexico’s southern Chiapas state.

By David Agren

Rising gun violence amid pandemic points up bishops’ call for commonsense gun laws

Aug 15, 2020

The level of gun violence has actually risen during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to statistics released by the Gun Violence Archive, a nonprofit research group that catalogs every incident of gun violence in the United States.

By Chaz Muth

Chicago priest has ‘never seen things worse in this city’ amid rising gun violence

Jul 23, 2020

Amid a surge in gun violence and protests sparked by the death of George Floyd, the nation’s third-largest city is on edge, awaiting possible greater tension in the form of a plan by President Donald Trump to dispatch dozens of federal agents to Chicago.

By Don Babwin