10th Anniversary of Columbine Shooting in US

(20 Apr 09 - RV) Today marks ten years since the deadly shooting at Columbine High School in Colorado, when two students claimed the lives of 12 peers and a teacher before turning their weapons on themselves. The massacre shocked the country like no other. It was the worst school assault in American history at that time, and it came in the wake of a half-dozen others.

Teen violence is still an issue today both in the United States and around the world. Dr. Jem Sullivan is the coordinator of assessment in the Secretariat for Evangelization and Catechesis in the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. She spoke with us about the church’s response to teen violence.