CSPL’s executive director comments on the controversy around Sen. Dick Durbin (IL-D), a Catholic, announcing he would not accept the church's Keep Hope Alive award after receiving backlash over his reproductive rights beliefs that conflict with Catholic teachings.

CSPL and other grassroots organizations are featured for their shared work in resistance to ICE and DHS operations.

On Saturday, September 20, 2025, CSPL joined many partner organizations for a peaceful Interfaith Prayer March.

On Saturday, September 20, 2025, we continued the momentum of our People’s Mass and returned to the Great Lakes Naval Station—this time joining with people of many faiths who share our commitment to solidarity and liberation, and who also bring their faith traditions into the public square as acts of resistance. Hundreds of people came out in prayerful, peaceful unity, standing against ICE and militarization, and to proclaim liberation! Representatives of seven congregations of multiple faiths offered prayers and a Rabbi blew the ram’s horn trumpet, or shofar, symbolizing the blasts that helped bring down the walls of Jericho, as the group marched in circles around the Naval Station. Co-hosts included Arise Chicago, Chicago Workers Collaborative, Chicago Religious Leadership Network for Latin America (CRLN), JCUA, Live Free Illinois, ICIRR and Mano-a-Mano.

Spanish coverage - CSPL co-hosted this Interfaith Prayer March alongside Arise Chicago, ICIRR, Chicago Workers Collaborative, CRLN, JCUA, and Live Free Illinois.

CSPL co-hosted this Interfaith Prayer March alongside Arise Chicago, ICIRR, Chicago Workers Collaborative, CRLN, JCUA, and Live Free Illinois.

Fox 32 Chicago coverage of the September 20, 2025 Interfaith Prayer march co-hosted by CSPL outside Naval Station Great Lakes

CBS News coverage of CSPL’s People’s Mass on September 13, 2025 outside the Great Lakes Naval Station

Despite the torrential storm last Saturday morning, around 300 people gathered in prayerful solidarity for our People's Mass for Justice + Peace outside the Great Lakes Naval Station in North Chicago.

San Óscar Romero, the Solidarity Movement in Poland, and similar movements around the world, during times of social upheaval, have made the celebration of Mass as a public demonstration an important part of church history. Our multi-lingual, multi-racial, multi-cultural, and multi-generational 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘢 𝘱𝘰𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳 carried on this legacy of pursuing holiness through peaceful, courageous political action.

Thursday, June 12, CSPL took part in a press conference, rally, and march held by the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (ICIRR). Together, and following the actions of Jesus, we bore prophetic witness, practicing courageous, nonviolent resistance against today’s oppressive empire. Faith means solidarity, courage, and liberation in the very footsteps of Christ.