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Religious leaders call for unity following Pittsburgh synagogue shooting

Cardinal Cupich joined Jewish leaders and representatives of the Protestant tradition and of Islam in condemning the anti-Semitism that led to the killing of 11 worshippers at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh’s Squirrel Hill neighborhood on Oct. 27. The Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago hosted the event.

Pope, bishops condemn shooting at synagogue, all 'acts of hate'

The U.S. Catholic bishops stand with "our brothers and sisters of the Jewish community," the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops said Oct. 27 after a horrific shooting earlier that day in Pittsburgh at the Tree of Life Synagogue, described as a hub of Jewish life in that city.

Black deacons hold annual Mass for peace

Participants pray to end violence and promote peace during the ninth annual Sunrise Prayer Service and Mass at Oakwood/41st Street Beach, 4100 S. Lake Shore Drive, on Aug. 25.

Englewood school celebrates first responders

Members of the Chicago Police Department joined the Academy of St. Benedict the African, located in Chicago’s West Englewood neighborhood, for its third annual end-of-summer barbecue Aug. 8, 2018 to thank the first responders.

Peaceful protest shuts down northbound Dan Ryan

In the tradition of the Twelve Apostles, Gandhi and Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., Father Michael Pfleger, pastor of St. Sabina Parish, 1210 W. 78th Place, led more than 1,000 people in an act of civil disobedience July 7 that shut down all four northbound lanes of the Dan Ryan Expressway from 79th Street to 67th Street.

Parkland students kickoff national tour with rally at St. Sabina

For the past 10 years, at the start of summer, Father Michael Pfleger and St. Sabina parishioners have held a rally to kick off weekly marches for peace in the Auburn-Gresham neighborhood.

Yo-Yo Ma holds second Concert for Peace at St. Sabina

When world-renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma brought his Concert for Peace to St. Sabina Church, 1210 W. 78th Place, a second time on June 10, there was a special feature – five original works written with family members who lost loved ones to gun violence as tribute to the people who died.

Houston archdiocese offers healing, support after shooting

In response to the May 18 school shooting at a Houston-area high school, Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston said the archdiocesan community would "unite to support and offer healing to those affected."

Brighton Park Via Crucis for peace

“I stand with some of the nearly 300 young people who went from our city’s neighborhoods most beset by violence to claim their right to life — to join with hundreds of thousands of others to call for an end to meaningless rhetoric, to say no to incrementalism and yes to solidarity and to make a pact to continue in one, persistent, diverse yet unified voice calling for justice,” Cardinal Cupich told a gathering of more than 1,500 at the end of a Good Friday Via Crucis in the city’s Brighton Park neighborhood on March 30.

Catholic schools offer prayers for peace on national walkout day

Students at dozens of Catholic elementary and high schools in the Archdiocese of Chicago participated in a national walkout March 14, to remember the deadly school shooting that took place in Parkland, Florida, one month earlier.
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