Pastor shot at by Uvalde gunman in Texas recounts terror in sermon
Uvalde, Texas AP Gilbert Limones and a coworker at a funeral home were among the first people shot at by the gunman who killed 19 children and two teachers at a Texas elementary school. He’s spent most of his days since helping prepare for the young victims’ burials and consoling shattered families. On Sunday, Limones swapped his […]
Texas faith leaders accompany Uvalde community, decry gun culture after school rampage
United StatesRNS San Antonio Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller was driving back to Uvalde, Texas, on Wednesday morning – after having spent most of the previous night there accompanying families in the wake of one of the deadliest school shootings – when he passed by an advertisement promoting guns in the Lone Star State. “We want children […]
At least eight killed in Russian school shooting – local authorities
Moscow, RussiaReuters At least seven school children and one teacher were killed on Tuesday and many more wounded after a lone teenage gunman opened fire in a school in the Russian city of Kazan, the mayor’s office said, prompting a Kremlin call for tighter gun controls. Two children could be seen leaping from the third […]
In the US community of Santa Clarita, a church grapples with the aftermath of a deadly school shooting
Los Angeles, USRNS Soon after a 16-year-old shot and killed two of his classmates and wounded three others at Saugus High School on Thursday, Grace Baptist Church Senior Pastor David Hegg and members of his church opened their doors to the community. Faculty and students came to the church – just a few miles from the […]
Ten dead after gunman opens fire at US school
Ten people, mostly high school students, have been killed and a similar number wounded after a gunman opened fire at a Texas school. In the deadliest US school attack since the shootings in Florida in February in which 17 died, the gunman allegedly walked into an art class at Santa Fe High School, near Houston, […]
US churches call for action on guns in wake of school shooting
The National Council of Churches in the US has called on lawmakers to “shake off fear of the gun lobby” and act to ensure high-powered weapons are taken off the streets in the wake of Wednesday’s school shooting which has left 17 dead. In a statement, the council said they wept for the 17 lives […]
Seventeen people killed in US school shooting
At least 17 people have been killed in another school shooting in the US. The Broward Country Sheriff Scott Israel said there were 17 confirmed fatalities following a mass shooting at a school in Parkland, a suburb of Fort Lauderdale in Florida. At least 14 people were taken to nearby hospitals. Police, who responded to […]
ESSAY: THREE LESSONS FROM A PASTOR UP CLOSE TO THE KENTUCKY SHOOTING
Two 15-year-old students died and some 17 other people were injured in a school shooting in the US state of Kentucky this week. Local pastor Rev RICHIE CLENDENEN reflects on lessons he learnt in the aftermath…