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January 23, 2013

It’s a start

Sculpting a legacy is a central subplot in the second term of any American president. To that end, Barack Obama has started writing a key chapter to his story by squaring himself as the president who stood up to America’s powerful gun lobby.

Published in Editorial
December 19, 2012

Newtown pastor tells mourners child victims were gift from the start

The casket of Jessica Rekos is placed in a hearse following her funeral Mass at St. Rose of Lima Church in Newtown, Conn., Dec. 18. Mourners packed back-to-back services at the church that day for Jessica and James Mattioli, two of the 20 young victims o f the Newtown shooting massacre.

RYE, N.Y. - Addressing mourners at the first two funerals for young victims of the Dec. 14 school shooting in Connecticut, Msgr. Robert Weiss, pastor of St. Rose of Lima Church in Newtown asked, "Where else but the church could we bring this unspeakable act?"

Published in International
December 18, 2012

'Sacramental sense' of priest's response after shooting called powerful

Msgr. Robert Weiss speaks to young women inside St. Rose of Lima Church during a vigil service the evening the day's tragic events unfolded Dec. 14 in Newtown, Conn. At least eight of the children killed in the shooting rampage at nearby Sandy Hook Eleme ntary were to be buried from St. Rose, a parish of 3,200 families and the only Catholic church in Newtown.

RYE, N.Y. - The "sacramental sense" of a Catholic pastor's outreach after the horrific violence

Published in International
December 17, 2012

'No words' can describe shock, sadness after shooting, says priest

Undated photos from various memorial websites show the victims of the Dec. 14 Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings in Newton, Conn. Pictured, starting on the top row, from left to right, are Ana Marquez-Greene, Caroline Previdi, Jessica Rekos, Emilie Parker, and Noah Pozner; Jesse Lewis, Olivia Engel, Josephine Gay, Charlotte Bacon and Chase Kowalski; Daniel Barden, Jack Pinto, Catherine Hubbard, Dylan Hockley and Benjamin Wheeler; Grace McDonnell, James Mattioli, Avielle Richman, Rachel Davino and Anne Marie Murphy; Lauren Rousseau, Mary Sherlach, Victoria Soto, Dawn Hochsprung and Nancy Lanza.

NEWTOWN, Conn. - Msgr. Robert Weiss, pastor of St. Rose of Lima Church in Newtown, was at Sandy Hook Elementary School

Published in International
December 17, 2012

Pope expresses grief over Newtown shooting, calls for acts of peace

Pope Benedict XVI celebrates the Eucharist during Mass at St. Patrick Parish in the eastern suburbs of Rome Dec. 16. Upon returning to the Vatican for the noon Angelus, the pope offered his condolences and prayers to those affected by the Dec. 14 shootin g massacre at a Newtown, Conn., elementary school.

VATICAN CITY - After 20 children and six adults were shot dead in Connecticut, Pope Benedict XVI offered

Published in International
December 17, 2012

Priests near school shooting quick to offer assistance

People react outside Sandy Hook Elementary School following a shooting in Newtown, Conn., Dec. 14. A gunman opened fire at the elementary school killing several people including children.

NEWTOWN, Conn. - As law enforcement officers tried to piece together the Dec. 14 shooting

Published in International