Anna Wade often sits in a church pew on Sunday and “kind of spaces out a little bit” until it’s time for Communion, and then, she said, “that’s it.”
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Amid Pain in Uvalde, There’s Still ‘Goodness in People,’ Says Archbishop
It feels as if there are no silver linings in the cloud of lingering grief and horror that surrounds Uvalde, Texas, as the city began May 31 to bury the first of 19 children and their two teachers killed a week earlier during a mass shooting at Robb Elementary School.
Diocese of Columbus, Bishop Brennan, Welcome New Leader
Bishop Earl Fernandes beamed his trademark smile Tuesday, May 31 throughout his ordination and installation as the new shepherd for the Diocese of Columbus. He succeeds Bishop Robert Brennan who left Columbus to lead the Diocese of Brooklyn.
Abortion in America: The Fight For Life
In this Tablet supplement, a state-by-state look at statistics, laws and how they might change; Bishop Brennan’s column; a resource guide for mothers and moms-to-be in the Diocese of Brooklyn and more.
Grandfather of Uvalde School Shooting Suspect Speaks With The Tablet
Just as the sun rose on May 27, I rounded a turn into an Uvalde neighborhood where Ronaldo Reyes was outside working on his truck, wearing a tight-brimmed ball cap, pajama pants, a worn gray t-shirt and slippers in the mild Texas heat.
Uvalde Turns to Faith to Begin to Heal From Shooting
Towards the end of a May 26 Mass to honor slain Robb Elementary School teacher Irma Garcia and her husband Joe, who suffered a heart attack that morning, Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller of San Antonio presented their children a bouquet of roses, at one point leading the church in a collective “we love you.”
Women Religious Call on Public to Push Lawmakers on Gun Control
Various orders of women religious said that lamenting the May 24 mass killing of 19 children and two of their teachers in Uvalde, Texas, also should accompany action so that it doesn’t happen again.
Catholic–Jewish Dialogue Group Visits Georgia, Alabama Civil Rights Sites
Leaders of the Catholic and Jewish faith communities gathered for fellowship and to find ways to heal the hatred of racism in a three-day journey to civil rights landmarks.
Only In Print: Brooklyn Msgr. Carries Eucharist Messages
Msgr. Malagreca, the pastor of Holy Cross Roman Catholic Church in Brooklyn, is one of 56 priests from around the country chosen by the U.S. bishops to travel the U.S. preaching on the Eucharist.
Bishops Push Gun Control; Some Call Mass Shootings ‘Pressing Life Issue’
Several U.S. bishops spoke out against the easy accessibility to guns in the country following a May 24 rampage that left at least 19 children and two of their elementary school teachers dead in Uvalde, Texas.