Usually we are completely in siync. Here I must disagree. As far as I know Adam Lanza did not slaughter people on behalf of Catholicism (I didn't even know he was Catholic until you pointed it out)

The jihadists have, as one of their main cornerstones for their murders, the fact that our country is, for the most part, not islamic.

Although not politically correct, to ignore the religious component in these killings is to ignore the facts

Lastly this was not a tragedy. The results of Hurricane Sandy was a tragedy.