“We should never get used to violence or lose our respect for the sacredness of human life,” said Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan, following a deadly mass shooting that claimed four lives, including that of a New York City police officer.

Police in Madison said Dec. 16 they are investigating a shooting at that city's Abundant Life Christian School that left multiple people dead and injured.

“The idea of schadenfreude, taking pleasure in the misfortunes of others, is rejected by Jesus in the Gospels,” Daniel Daly said of those celebrating the murder of UnitedHealthcare C.E.O. Brian Thompson.

Catholics in the audience may not have been as startled by Senator Vance’s emphatic, sympathetic invocation of the second response of the Kyrie eleison.

The challenge for Americans in a turbulent, anxiety-producing and, at times, dangerous world is to remain vigilant while keeping despair at bay.

A Sunday school class reveals how deeply all students have been affected by mass shooting incidents and constant “active shooter drills.”