Once again, violence has struck. More than 500 people were wounded and 59 died (as of press time) in an Oct. 1 shooting during a country music concert in Las Vegas. Once again, people ask, “Why?” How can this sort of random violence happen? Why do people shoot other people? Why so much bloodshed? Some will blame guns — and the question about why automatic and semi-automatic weapons are so readily available in this county …
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GREEN BAY — The Compass received 24 awards, including first place for Newspaper of the Year from the Catholic Press Association (CPA) of the United States and Canada, during the CPA awards banquet June 15. The awards banquet was the culmination of a three-day Catholic Media Conference held at the KI Convention Center and co-sponsored by The Compass and the CPA. In awarding The Compass first place as newspaper of the year for weekly diocesan …
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Over the years, Compass editors have devoted a lot of space to addressing the issue of gun violence and mass shootings: Las Vegas: Our spilled blood; Lack of compassion leads to violence, Oct. 4, 2017; When will the shootings end? Time to ban assault rifles, June 14, 2016; Gun violence: Prayer and action both needed, Dec. 9, 2015; How can we end violent culture? Time to address important issues, Dec. 19, 2012. Questions were raised …
