Six people were killed and two others were injured by a gunman in the western Michigan city

An Italian priest, Fr Piero Arolari, was shot at by three assailants as he cycled to church

The massacre in Charleston garnered worldwide attention, yet the phenomenon of sacrilegious violence is global and growing

Two police officers were shot dead in New York on Saturday

Archbishop Robert J Carlson calls on protesters to turn away from violence

Residents of the US town 'struggling to find peace in the chaos', says Archbishop Carlson