Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting
Greeting the Prince of Peace 10 years after Sandy Hook
By Shane Claiborne — December 22, 2022
(RNS) — The Christmas season makes room for commemorations of violence done against the innocent.
Where is justice in a collapsed system?
By Beth Kissileff — February 25, 2022
(RNS) — Last month, a bridge in my Pittsburgh neighborhood collapsed into the ravine below it. I'm missing a sense of justice.
‘No Father’s Day’ campaign focuses on children lost to guns
By Debra Rubin — June 13, 2013
(RNS) Fathers of children killed by gun violence are lending support to a campaign intended to show lawmakers not everyone will celebrate Father's Day.
Newtown ‘debacle’ reopens old wounds for Missouri Synod
By Tim Townsend — February 13, 2013
ST. LOUIS (RNS) A decision to censure a pastor for participating in a prayer service for victims of the Sandy Hook school massacre has reopened old wounds for the often politically divided Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod.
Religious coalition takes on the gun lobby
By Lauren Markoe — January 15, 2013
WASHINGTON (RNS) Dozens of the nation’s faith leaders said Tuesday (Jan. 15) that they’re ready to take on the gun lobby and demanded that politicians take quick and concrete steps to stem gun violence. By Lauren Markoe.
Newtown library flooded with grief books after school shooting
By Ann Marie Somma — January 10, 2013
NEWTOWN, Conn. (RNS) In the weeks since the tragic shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School that killed 20 children and six adults, thousands of books have arrived at the town's public library from all over the country -- from authors, publishers, and ordinary people buying multiple copies of books on Amazon.com that they had found helpful in their grief. By Ann Marie Somma.
Lutheran ‘comfort dogs’ welcome students back to Newtown school
By Solange De Santis — January 4, 2013
NEWTOWN, Conn. (RNS) As the children of Newtown returned to elementary school on Thursday for the first time since last month’s deadly shooting spree, they and their parents were greeted by support counselors, teachers and a team of four-legged pastors called "comfort dogs.'' By Solange De Santis.
Churches under fire for using gun classes as outreach
By Greg Horton — December 19, 2012
PRYOR CREEK, Okla. (RNS) A few dozen churches around the country offer gun classes as a way to reach out to non-Christians and attract new members. But after the massacre at Sandy Hook, such classes are facing fierce criticism. By Greg Horton.
Newtown shootings renew questions about evil and suffering
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — December 17, 2012
(RNS) "Oh, God!" That cry has echoed ever since news of the horrific Newtown school shootings. As the names of those who died are made known, that cry is followed by a question: Why? Why does God allow evil? By Cathy Lynn Grossman/ USA Today.
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