Connecticut
Steeple of historic Connecticut church collapses, no injuries reported
By Associated Press — January 26, 2024
NEW LONDON, Conn. (AP) — No deaths or injuries were reported in the collapse at the First Congregational Church in downtown New London, which happened around 1:30 p.m., though a search was ongoing afterward, authorities said.
From Taylor Swift’s tour to statehouses, witches are blamed for climate of fear
By Heather Greene — June 1, 2023
(RNS) — One historian sees a replay of 17th century moral panics in today’s increasing social media attacks on witches, saying, ‘It is getting weird.’
Connecticut lawmakers apologize for ‘miscarriage of justice’ in colonial-era witch trials
By Susan Haigh — May 30, 2023
(AP) — The lone senator to vote against the bill exonerating women convicted of being witches said. 'I don’t want to see bills that rightfully or wrongfully attempt to paint America as a bad place with a bad history'.
No, the framers were not more about protecting religion from the state than vice versa
By Mark Silk — May 5, 2023
(RNS) — Connecticut is a case in point.
Judge dismisses challenge to Connecticut law ending religious vaccine exemption
By Susan Haigh — January 13, 2022
(AP) — U.S. District Court Judge Janet Bond Arterton said the plaintiffs failed to prove state's decision to end the exemption was “motivated by any religious animus.”
Democrats defend a tax boon for rich homeowners
By Thomas Reese — May 12, 2021
(RNS) — Who could have thought that Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Donald Trump would be on the same page on anything?
Connecticut’s religious anti-vaxxers file suit
By Mark Silk — May 4, 2021
(RNS) — Three mothers say a law eliminating the faith exemption for school vaccinations violates their free exercise rights.
Religious vaccine exemption bill stokes controversy in Connecticut
By Jack Jenkins — February 21, 2020
(RNS) — Some demonstrators wore stickers that read ‘My Faith says Do No Harm.’
After call from Indian official, library pulls Sikh ‘genocide’ memorial
By Aysha Khan — October 16, 2019
(RNS) — After an Indian official called the Connecticut library, the entire memorial — which accused India of committing genocide against Sikhs in 1984 — was quietly removed from the library.
New Haven mosque struggles to resume Ramadan rituals after arson attack
By Rhonda Roumani — May 22, 2019
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (RNS) — A week after the blaze, with the cameras and politicians gone, the members of a tightly knit Turkish community began to feel the weight of their loss and the reconstruction effort ahead.
Photo slideshow: Holy Week pilgrimage against gun violence
By Kevin Eckstrom — March 25, 2013
"We as Christians are not going to go away until we have a culture of peace and reconciliation," said Connecticut Bishop Ian Douglas, who presided at funerals for the victims of the shooting massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., last year.
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.
In Newtown churches, many questions – and tears – but few answers
By Yamiche Alcindor — December 17, 2012
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.
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