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5 days ago | 
wtnh.com | Mike Cerulli
CONNECTICUT (WTNH) — The late Pope Francis described an era of “new evangelization” for the church. Catholic leaders here in Connecticut say that sense of evangelism is visible in our state, and they hope the momentum will continue under Pope Leo XIV. Bishop Juan Betancourt of the Archdiocese of Hartford recalled a recent lunch he had with the new pope, who was Cardinal Prevost at the time. “We talked about a little bit of everything during that lunch,” Betancourt said.
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5 days ago | 
yahoo.com | Mike Cerulli
HARTFORD Conn. (WTNH) — With the election of a new pope dominating headlines and social media feeds around the world, Catholics in Connecticut are optimistic that renewed attention on the Church will help them build on recent growth. In the past few years, Church leaders say they’ve seen a resurgence of interest and attendance. Connecticut church leaders, lawmakers react to election of new pope “We’ve been seeing significant growth in numbers,” said Archbishop Christopher Coyne of Hartford.
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6 days ago | 
wtnh.com | Mike Cerulli
HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — Archbishop Christopher Coyne of the Archdiocese of Hartford reacted to the election of American-born Robert Francis Prevost as pope. As pontiff, Prevost has selected the name Leo XIV, a name that harkens to some of the Church’s most storied leaders including Pope Leo I, known as “Leo the Great,” and Pope Leo XIII, who was known for his articulation of the church’s social teachings as the global economy industrialized in the late 19th century.
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6 days ago | 
yahoo.com | Mike Cerulli
HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — Archbishop Christopher Coyne of the Archdiocese of Hartford reacted to the election of American-born Robert Francis Prevost as pope.
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1 week ago | 
yahoo.com | Mike Cerulli
HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — Museums, theater companies and restaurants came to the Capitol full force on Wednesday, showing off their products and making a push for more money to be spent marketing the state.
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1 week ago | 
wtnh.com | Mike Cerulli |Juliana Lepore
HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — Museums, theater companies and restaurants came to the Capitol full force on Wednesday, showing off their products and making a push for more money to be spent marketing the state. The head of the Connecticut Restaurant Association said that if legislators don’t commit to more spending, the state will fall further behind in a high-priced marketing war with other New England destinations.
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1 week ago | 
wtnh.com | Mike Cerulli
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1 week ago | 
yahoo.com | Mike Cerulli
HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — Just two days after international firefighter appreciation day, state leaders are sounding the alarm after a new report detailed a drastic decline in the number of firefighters in Connecticut. State Comptroller Sean Scanlon issued a report on Tuesday outlining a 50% reduction in the overall number of firefighters since 2017 — with a 62% of reduction in the number of volunteer firefighters accounting for the bulk of the losses.
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1 week ago | 
wtnh.com | Mike Cerulli
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1 week ago | 
yahoo.com | Mike Cerulli
HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — More than 2,000 demonstrators flooded the halls of the Legislative Office Building at the Connecticut State Capitol in a show of force to dissuade lawmakers from changing the state’s homeschooling regulations. The pro-homeschooling demonstrators were drawn to the Capitol by an “informational hearing” on homeschooling convened by the Education and Children’s Committees of the state legislature.
