Kendrick Castillo, the 18-year-old hero who charged a shooter at STEM School Highlands Ranch in Colorado, was posthumously named a Knight of Columbus.

“Latinos in this community have a target on their backs.”

“As I visited with victims and those they love, my heart was breaking within me,” Bishop Mark J. Seitz said.

Author Juan Vidal reflects on the El Paso tragedy and what it means for U.S. Latinos and Christians.

"I am spiritually close to the victims of the episodes of violence that these days have bloodied Texas, California and Ohio, in the United States, affecting defenseless people," Pope Francis said.

The Catholic dioceses of El Paso, Texas, and neighboring Las Cruces, New Mexico, have joined in prayer after an August 3 mass shooting in a mall left several dead and many injured.