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Good Trouble vigil in honor of Rep. John Lewis held in Chicago Good Trouble vigil in honor of Rep. John Lewis held in Chicago People gathered in Chicago on Saturday to honor late civil rights leader Rep. John Lewis. Joanie Lum reports. CHICAGO - Demonstrators in Chicago say democracy is at stake in America, on the anniversary of Congressman John Lewis‘s death, the civil rights icon and a champion for voting rights. They say now is the time for people to take up his legacy. Demonstrators held candles at the site of the public art sculptures of Malcolm X and Dr. Martin Luther King on the Lakefront as motorists honked while driving by. ....
May 25, 2021 The Archdiocese of Chicago has reinstated Father Michael Pfleger who was accused of sex abuse by three men who claim they were abused by the priest in the 1970s. An independent review board found that there was insufficient evidence to believe that Fr. Pfleger was guilty of the allegations. The long-time Chicago activist is expected to return to the pulpit at St. Sabina on June 6th, where he has been pastor since 1981. ....
When her teenage son was murdered outside a church in 2006, Pam Bosley contacted ministers around Chicago, hoping someone would help make sense of it. Michael Pfleger, a charismatic priest of a thriving Black Catholic parish, inspired her to become an activist and recruited her to run his South Side church's violence prevention office. Stories like Bosley’s are recurrent at St. Sabina Church, a close-knit community that’s been a social activism hub for 40 years under Pfleger. ....