The attack forced the rescheduling of the Comboni priest’s consecration as the bishop of the diocese in central South Sudan.
South Sudan bishop hopes for conversion after men sentenced for shooting
Priests arrested after bishop-designate shot in South Sudan
Three local priests have been arrested in connection to the attack and shooting of Italian-born Bishop-designate Christian Carlassare.
Catholic bishops condemn Poway synagogue shooting
Catholic bishops from around the U.S. were quick to condemn the April 27 attack on a Jewish community gathered at a synagogue near San Diego, which left one person dead and three others injured.
Bishop: Kenyan priest killed in Cameroon was shot by government soldiers
Although official reports say Mill Hill Father Cosmas Omboto Ondari was caught in the crossfire of government and opposition forces, the local bishop says Father Ondari was killed by government soldiers.
Catholics remember, mourn victims killed in Maryland newspaper shooting
A 38-year-old gunman using a shotgun blasted his way into the newsroom of the Capital Gazette in Annapolis in what police said was a targeted attack against the publication.
Pleas for common sense gun reform raised after Waffle House shooting
ragedy struck an American city April 22 when a gunman fatally shot four innocent people at a Waffle House in Antioch, just outside of Nashville.
USCCB president, pope call for prayers after ‘unspeakable terror’
The nation has experienced “yet another night filled with unspeakable terror” and “we need to pray and to take care of those who are suffering,” said the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in Washington.
Pope ‘saddened’ after shooting in Nigerian church
Pope Francis sent his condolences to the victims and survivors of a deadly shooting that occurred during Mass Aug. 6 at a parish in Nigeria.