‘Treating the Symptoms in a Culture of Violence Doesn’t Work. We Need to Look Deeper:’ Philly’s Archbishop Chaput

Catholic Archbishop Charles J. Chaput answers questions following a news conference in Denver, Colorado, on July 20, 2011. John Moore/Getty Images

After the senseless loss of 31 innocent lives in two mass shooting in Texas and Ohio over the weekend, Philadelphia Archbishop Charles Chaput offered his thoughts on what is needed for fundamental change in America.

“Treating the symptoms in a culture of violence doesn’t work. We need to look deeper. Until we’re willing to do that, nothing fundamental will change,” Chaput said in a column published on his website, CatholicPhilly.com on Aug. 5.