Vatican Gun Control

 On World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly, Pope Francis called on the faithful to reach out to the elderly, especially during the summer. During his Sunday Angelus address, he condemned the ongoing production of weapons amid so many global crises and he reflected on the importance of the gestures of offering, giving thanks and sharing during Mass. VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Many elderly people risk feeling an increasingly unbearable sense of loneliness, especially during summer, Pope Francis said. "Let us say 'no' to the loneliness of the elderly! Our future depends a great deal on how grandparents and grandchildren learn to live together," he said after praying the Angelus with visitors gathered in St. Peter's Square July 28. The day marked the Catholic Church's celebration of World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly , whose theme was, "Do not cast me off in my old age."  ...

article link VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Saying his heart was broken at the news of at least 19 children and two adults being shot and killed at a Texas elementary school, Pope Francis said it was time to say “Enough!” and enact stricter laws on gun sales. At the end of his weekly general audience May 25, with thousands of people gathered in St. Peter’s Square, the pope prayed publicly for the victims of the shooting the day before at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. “With a heart shattered over the massacre at the elementary school in Texas, I pray for the children and adults who were killed and for their families,” the pope told the crowd. “With a heart shattered over the massacre at the elementary school in Texas, I pray for the children and adults who were killed and for their families,” the pope said. Tweet this “It is time to say, ‘Enough!’ to the indiscriminate trafficking of guns,” the pope said. “Let’s all work to ensure that such tragedies never happen again...

  "I am praying for the children and adults who were killed, and for their families," Pope Francis said in his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square. The pope said it's time for new limits on the sale of guns. Andrew Medichini/AP Pope Francis says that his heart is broken over the mass shooting at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas, and that the U.S. must act to prevent the spread of guns. "I am praying for the children and adults who were killed, and for their families. It is time to say enough to the indiscriminate trafficking of arms," Francis said on Wednesday , during his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican. In the attack, 19 students and two adults died. The 18-year-old gunman, who lived in Uvalde, reportedly bought at leas...

Catholic Church calls for knife control Clergy members want the British Parliament to ban pointed kitchen knives. Author: Dale Greenstein October 7, 2019 ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Gun-control. It’s a topic that triggers countless political showdowns -- and high-powered, dinner table debates -- here in the United States, but in the United Kingdom, a sharp conversation over knife-control is cutting through the country. Yes, you read that right -- knife-control. Here’s why: In Great Britain, like in most of the developed world, gun violence simply is not a very big problem, but knife crimes are on the rise. According to an Oct. 3 report  from the British Parliament, in 2017 and 2018, 285 people were killed with knives and other "sharp instruments". That was 34 percent more than the two years prior. Overview of the increase in knife homicide rates in the United Kingdom. Now, British lawmakers are facing pressure to act, and the pus...

Hospitals nationally, along with school districts, places of worship and local governments, have taken steps to increase security that include hiring armed security officers and installing security cameras. Security officers stand at their post at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset on July 10. Northwell expects to have armed guards in all its 13 Long Island hospitals within the next several months. Photo Credit: Newsday/J. Conrad Williams Jr. By Nicholas Spangler and David Olson nicholas.spangler@newsday.com , david.olson@newsday.com @spanglernewsday Updated March 3, 2019 6:00 AM Armed security officers could patrol six Catholic Health Services hospitals across Long Island and NYU Winthrop Hospital in Mineola this year, joining armed officers deploying or already deployed at Stony Brook University Hospital and most of Northwell Health's 13 LI hospitals...

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A deceased former Buffalo Diocese priest is accused of pointing a gun at the head of a teenage boy he was molesting in the mid-1980s. The sexual abuses are alleged to have happened after Buffalo Diocese officials were told the Rev. Michael R. Freeman had molested other boys and young men, but kept him in ministry. Freeman was serving as associate pastor at St. Mary parish in Lancaster in the mid-1980s when he allegedly pointed a gun at the boy to persuade him to have sexual contact. That startling new allegation was made by the now-49-year-old man in a compensation claim submitted to a Buffalo Diocese program offering monetary settlements to victims of childhood sexual abuse. The man also said in his claim that Freeman provided absolution of the boy’s sins immediately following the acts of abuse, according to Steve Boyd, an Amherst attorney who represents the man. Catholics believe that priests alone, through the Sacrament of Reconciliation, have the power to free...