mass shootings

Urged by their youth, faith groups flocked to the March for Our Lives

By Jack Jenkins — March 24, 2018
WASHINGTON (RNS) — The March for Our Lives, a protest led by Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School students geared toward ending gun violence, drew an estimated 800,000 participants on Saturday in Washington, D.C., according to organizers.

To keep churches safe, government gets involved

By G. Jeffrey MacDonald — January 29, 2018
(RNS) — 'My job as the shepherd of the church is to protect the flock. And I will do so with whatever means I need,' said Richard Reid, pastor of North Baptist Church in Brockton, Mass.

Two Sundays, two mass shootings: Why do bad things happen to good people?

By Holly Meyer — October 8, 2017
(USA Today) — After a succession of bewildering violence, questions arise: Why does evil exist? Why didn't God intervene?

Don’t politicize Las Vegas?

By Mark Silk — October 3, 2017
(RNS) — Because talking about gun control at a time like this would be like, well, talking about global warming during the hurricane season.
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