I love these little kids who talk about protecting other kids.

[Jilly_in_VA]

2. I think it's awful too, but

I also, in another way, think it's wonderful. I don't think it's specifically a Catholic thing, but I know that care for others is taught in Catholic schools quite early on.

Example---My daughter went to a Catholic high school ater 8 years in public schools. During her freshman year, one of the boys in her class attempted suicide and was hospitalized for several weeks thereafter (I think 6, but not sure). I know he got his homework after the first week, and the teachers and a priest visited him, but what amazed her, having been in the public schools for so long, was the amount of care from the other kids that surrounded him when he came back to school. He wasn't made fun of or considered a pariah the way he might have been in another place, he was simply loved back to himself, and he blossomed after that.

I don't know what happened to the guy who shot up the church/school in Minneapolis, but he was obviously deeply screwed up. Maybe he didn't get what he needed somewhere.