Since 1994, the United States Bishops have offered a consistent message on gun violence and gun control.  Through their spokesperson, the Bishops offered the following statement after the murders at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, TX:

“There have been too many school shootings, too much killing of the innocent. Our Catholic faith calls us to pray for those who have died and to bind the wounds of others, and we join our prayers along with the community in Uvalde and Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller. As we do so, each of us also needs to search our souls for ways that we can do more to understand this epidemic of evil and violence and implore our elected officials to help us take action.”

Please see the following links to learn more:

USCCB letter to Congress - June 2022

Backgrounder on Gun Violence - Jan 2020

Responses to the Plaque of Gun Violence

The Catholic Conference of Ohio also has a resource page available on their website:

Ohio Catholic Conference - Gun Violence

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