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We’ll pray for Uvalde. But as gun deaths mount, there’s too much to pray for.
By Cheryl Townsend Gilkes — May 26, 2022
(RNS) — We’ll pray for understanding of God’s grace, but also for an end to a culture of destructiveness.
Executions drop to lowest level in two decades
By Kevin Johnson — December 19, 2014
WASHINGTON (RNS) The 72 death sentences issued in 2014 represents the fewest in 40 years, according to a leading anti-death penalty advocacy group.
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.
Missouri Synod president apologizes for Newtown interfaith ‘debacle’
By Caleb K. Bell — February 11, 2013
(RNS) The president of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod apologized for his role in the "debacle" that led to a public reprimand for a pastor in Newtown, Conn., for praying at an interfaith service following the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
Lutheran pastor apologizes for praying at Newtown vigil
By Caleb K. Bell — February 6, 2013
(RNS) A Lutheran pastor in Newtown, Conn., has apologized after being reprimanded for participating in an interfaith vigil following the shooting massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
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