Sister Simone Campbell Sounds Off on Gun Control

Churches around the country will participate today in a gun violence prevention interfaith call-in to Congress. Sister Simone Campbell, executive director of NETWORK, a national Catholic social justice lobby that launched the Nuns on the Bus campaign, believes that a large societal problem lies in the amount of violence in sports, videos games and overall culture. "The idea that it's just gun control that just needs to be addressed I think is wrong because there's also the issue of mental...

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Sister Simone Campbell on Why 'Nuns on the Bus' Continues

Sister Simone Campbell, the executive director of NETWORK, a Catholic social justice lobby, explains how the "Nuns on the Bus" tour kept snowballing into more tours, even after its initial high-profile trip. "We came back on July 2 from our 15-day tour after 2,700 miles and we thought it was over," Campbell said. "What happened almost immediately was people were saying 'We need to do it here.'" She says that NETWORK has five rules if you want to launch a tour: You need at least one nun, you...

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5 Things You Didn't Know About Social Media

The Internet is 25-years-old, Facebook turned 10, and Twitter just celebrated its 8th birthday. Social media is now a part of daily life. Americans are spending a lot of time on social media, but how much and what for?

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