'Together we are Strong' statement in Newtown, Connecticut, in memory of the children and 6 adults who died at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut on December 14, 2012. RNS photo by Arthur McClanahan, Iowa United Methodist Conference

In Newtown churches, many questions – and tears – but few answers

NEWTOWN, Conn. (RNS) At houses of worship here, people gathered in pews, crying, kneeling and hugging each other through services that focused on remembering the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, uniting the community, celebrating Christmas and preventing similar disasters.

Mourners embrace outside Green Funeral Home in Fairfield, CT during the funeral for Noah Pozner, a victim of the Newtown shootings.

Newtown shootings renew questions about evil and suffering

(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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In Newtown churches, many questions – and tears – but few answers

Newtown shootings renew questions about evil and suffering

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