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FaithNews
Yonat Shimron - Religion News Service
After the mass shooting at First Baptist Church, the town turned to the only other civic institution here capable of handling it all — another Baptist church.
Politics & SocietyNews
Carol Zimmermann - Catholic News Service
On the same day as the Texas church shooting when 26 people were killed and more than 20 were wounded, another shooting already had taken place in the parking lot of a Catholic church in Fresno, California.
Politics & SocietyNews
Yonat Shimron - Religion News ServiceKimberly Winston - Religion News Service
In what is becoming a grim American ritual, mass shooting sites from Sandy Hook to Columbine have been demolished and then rebuilt.
Meredith Cooper, of San Antonio, Tex., and her 8-year-old daughter, Heather, visit a memorial of 26 metal crosses near First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Tex., on Nov. 6. (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Michael J. O’Loughlin
There are signs that at least among some U.S. Catholic bishops, statements of grief and sorrow are being backed up with pledges to push for legislative action on guns.
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Michael J. O’Loughlin
Mr. Colbert’s words called to mind Pope Francis’ critique of the arms industry.
Isaac Hernandez and his wife Crystal visit a line of crosses before a vigil for the victims of the First Baptist Church shooting, Monday, Nov. 6, 2017, in Sutherland Springs, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
The pope sent his “heartfelt condolences to the families of the victims and the wounded.”