Orlando - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Thu, 16 Jun 2016 00:50:59 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Orlando - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Guns to blame, not religion, says Key https://cathnews.co.nz/2016/06/17/guns-blame-not-religion-says-key/ Thu, 16 Jun 2016 16:52:06 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=83776 Prime Minister John Key says the United States should be asking itself tough questions about gun control after the Orlando shootings rather than leaping into anti-Muslim rhetoric. Mr Key said he hoped anti-Muslim comments such as those by presumptive Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump would not escalate the situation. "This is the time for the Read more

Guns to blame, not religion, says Key... Read more]]> Prime Minister John Key says the United States should be asking itself tough questions about gun control after the Orlando shootings rather than leaping into anti-Muslim rhetoric.

Mr Key said he hoped anti-Muslim comments such as those by presumptive Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump would not escalate the situation.

"This is the time for the United States to ask itself difficult questions about why there are so many attacks of this nature using weapons. Continue reading

Guns to blame, not religion, says Key]]> 83776 Pope expresses horror, pain at Orlando killings https://cathnews.co.nz/2016/06/14/pope-expresses-horror-pain-orlando-killings/ Mon, 13 Jun 2016 17:09:36 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=83658 Pope Francis has expressed his deep feelings of horror and condemnation of the killings of at least 50 people in a nightclub in Orlando in Florida. In a statement released by the Vatican on Sunday, the killings were described as a "new manifestation of homicidal folly and senseless hatred". The statement said Pope Francis joined Read more

Pope expresses horror, pain at Orlando killings... Read more]]> Pope Francis has expressed his deep feelings of horror and condemnation of the killings of at least 50 people in a nightclub in Orlando in Florida.

In a statement released by the Vatican on Sunday, the killings were described as a "new manifestation of homicidal folly and senseless hatred".

The statement said Pope Francis joined the families of the victims and of all the injured in prayer and compassion.

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