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“Not one more” was the catchphrase of the community in Isla Vista, the California town near Santa Barbara where Elliot Rodger shot and killed six people last month. Christopher Michaels-Martinez, 20, was among the victims and it was his father, Richard Martinez, who has passionately enjoined citizens and politicians to enact gun reform.

In a sign of the precarious state of Presbyterian-Jewish relations, the rabbi who heads the largest branch of Judaism in North America will appeal directly to the Presbyterian Church (USA) to step back from a series of critical resolutions aimed at the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Internationally recognized Ignatian scholar Paul Coutinho will be leading a Day of Reflection at Immaculate Heart Retreat Center on June 25, titled, The Silence between the Notes Makes the Music of my Life - A Day of Reflection on Eastern Spirituality & Mysticism.

Taking direct aim at libertarian policies promoted by many American conservatives, the Honduran cardinal who is one of Pope Francis’ top advisers said Tuesday (June 3) that today’s free market system is “a new idol” that is increasing inequality and excluding the poor.

Pope Francis on Monday (June 2) warned married couples against substituting cats and dogs for children — a move that he said leads to the “bitterness of loneliness” in old age.

Whitworth University has been awarded $400,000 from the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust to build an internship program within the university’s new Office of Church Engagement.