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St. Teresa of Kolkata gives comfort to a sick man at the Missionaries of Charity home in Kolkata, India, in this undated photo. (OSV News photo/KNA)

Editorial: Mother Teresa taught us to encounter Christ by serving the poor

‘Actions done to the poor are – in some mysterious way – acts simultaneously done to Christ’

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Read more about the article Editorial: Gun violence remains a growing problem in Tennessee
Thousands of Nashvillians came together to create a three mile human chain from Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, where the victims of The Covenant School shooting were brought to the Tennessee State Capitol as a demonstration for the urging to pass gun safety measures on Tuesday, April 18. The "Linking Arms for Change" event was Voices for a Safer Tennessee, a newly-formed, nonpartisan statewide coalition dedicated to prioritizing gun safety and advocating for common sense gun laws to make communities across Tennessee safer for all. Members of the clergy also participated including, from left, Father Pat Kibby, senior pastor of St. Henry Church, Bishop J. Mark Spalding, and Father Eric Fowlkes, pastor of the Cathedral of the Incarnation, who all stood in the line across from the Cathedral on West End. Members of the clergy also participated including, from left, Father Pat Kibby, senior pastor of St. Henry Church, Bishop J. Mark Spalding, and Father Eric Fowlkes, pastor of the Cathedral of the Incarnation, who all stood in the line across from the Cathedral on West End.

Editorial: Gun violence remains a growing problem in Tennessee

‘We hold that ‘respect for human life is the starting point for confronting a culture of violence.’’

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Read more about the article Editorial: When the Catholic voice is heard in the public square, everyone benefits
More than 8,500 people linked arms in prayer for change in guns laws to create a safer community Tennessee forming a chain from Vanderbilt Children's Hospital to the state captiol in Nashville, TN on Tuesday, 18 April 2023. The newly formed Voices for a Safer Tennessee is a non-partisan state-wide coalition dedicated to prioritize gun safety and advocating for common sense gun laws to make communities across Tennessee safer. A number of Catholic parents were among the organizers of the group. Several families wearing t-shirts identifying themselves were among the participants. The chain started at Vanderbilt Children's Hospital because that is were the young victims of The Covenant School shooting were taken.

Editorial: When the Catholic voice is heard in the public square, everyone benefits

‘As Catholics we are called to participate in public life in a manner consistent with the mission of our Lord’

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