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Yo-Yo Ma leads historic peace concert at St. Sabina

One Sunday this spring in between morning Masses, Father Michael Pfleger was told a man saying he was Yo-Ya Ma was in the church and wanted to meet him. The senior pastor at St. Sabina Parish, 1210 W. 78th Place, thought it was a joke. It wasn’t.

Couple making historic pilgrimage to pray for peace in Chicago

Tommy Burke and Jessica Santiago are making their way along the Camino de Santiago (the Way of St. James), walking 1,000 miles across France and Spain to raise awareness of and pray for an end to the violence in Chicago.

Encouraging young adults to be agents for peace

On the night of Jan. 20, members of Catholic parishes in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood and the Sou...

Archbishop visits Austin parish to promote peace
Four of the five communities that have seen the most violence this year so far are within walking distance of St. Martin de Porres

The city of Chicago’s Austin neighborhood tops a list that its residents would rather not be on. “As of April 25, the Austin community — our community, our immediate community — led Chicago in 23 homicides and 101...

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