Tag: Shooting
In wake of gun violence, local Catholic high schools review safety measures
Cretin-Derham Hall High School in St. Paul dealt with copycat effects in the weeks following a tragic shooting at a Parkland, Florida, school in February.
USCCB president decries massive shooting at Texas Baptist church
The U.S. Catholic Church stands “in unity” with the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, and the larger community after a shooting during Sunday services took the lives of at least 26 people and injured at least 20 others.
New Orleans restaurateur hopes Scalise’s shooting will bring unity
When Louisiana Congressman Steve Scalise, the House majority whip, addressed the House floor Sept. 28 for the first time since he had been shot during a summer baseball practice, a New Orleans restaurateur was watching from the House’s packed upper gallery.
Las Vegas Catholic churches, schools respond to shooting with prayers
Students at St. Viator Parish School in Las Vegas began school Oct. 2 — hours after the mass shooting in that city — by praying the rosary together in the school gym.
USCCB president, pope call for prayers after ‘unspeakable terror’
The nation has experienced “yet another night filled with unspeakable terror” and “we need to pray and to take care of those who are suffering,” said the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in Washington.
Congressman Scalise credits power of prayer for his shooting recovery
Three and a half months after he was shot during an early morning baseball practice, Louisiana Congressman Steve Scalise, the House majority whip, received thunderous applause and standing ovations from the House floor Sept. 28 where he attributed his recovery to the power of prayer.
Pope ‘saddened’ after shooting in Nigerian church
Pope Francis sent his condolences to the victims and survivors of a deadly shooting that occurred during Mass Aug. 6 at a parish in Nigeria.
Federal authorities investigating shooting of congressman, others
Scalise’s wounds are not believed to be life-threatening. He and his wife, Jennifer, have two children and are members of St. Catherine of Siena Parish in Metairie, Louisiana, a suburb of New Orleans. The couple’s children attend the parish school.
Cathedral to hold Philando Castile’s funeral
Philando’s mother, Valerie Castile, requested to hold the service at the Cathedral because she wished the funeral to be an ecumenical opportunity for “people to come together in a new way” and pray for peace and reconciliation.
Archbishop Hebda at Mass for peace: Pray for healing of community divisions
“Feeling that pain in our community and beyond, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed, helpless, anxious, and yet it is precisely in those moments that we know our own weakness that we have the opportunity to make known the love and strength of our God, a God that offered a great a hope to his people at a time when they were hopeless,” Archbishop Hebda said.
We must recognize dignity of all, Orlando bishop says at prayer vigil
“Our presence here tonight is a symbol of hope. We come to pray,” said Bishop Noonan of Orlando.
Pope offers prayers for Orlando victims of ‘terrible, absurd violence’
Pope Francis offered prayers for the families of the victims of the mass shooting in Orlando, Florida, and expressed hope that people would find ways to identify and uproot “the causes of such terrible and absurd violence.”
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