Por: Chicago Sun Times Nation November 29, 2022
After months of , St. Paul’s Catholic Church and the Archdiocese of Chicago on Tuesday finally carried out a plan to remove a beloved statue from a shuttered church in Pilsen. The statue — a marble replica of Michelangelo’s Pieta, depicting the body of Jesus on the lap of his mother, Mary, after the crucifixion — was taken from St. Adalbert Catholic Church, 1650 W. 17th St., to St. Paul’s, 2127 W. 22nd Place, which absorbed St.... + full article
WGN-TV USA Nation December 31, 2022
Posted: Dec 30, 2022 / 04:56 PM CST Updated: Dec 30, 2022 / 04:56 PM CST SHARE CHICAGO — A group of Southwest Side residents caravanned to the Cook County Courthouse Friday to protest the steep increases in property tax bills. Taxpayers hope the city’s Assessor’s Office... + más
In Chicago, a Battle Over a Religious Statue Is About Much More Than Religion | The New York Times
Pilsen residents protest higher property taxes, gentrification: ‘This is home’ | Chicago Sun Times
The New York Times USA Nation December 18, 2022
ACROSS THE COUNTRYBy Photographs by Dec. 17, 2022CHICAGO — On a cold Tuesday morning in Chicago, police officers lined an alley on the West Side. Across a chain-link fence, a group of people in parkas paced nervously in a backyard.Then the officers stepped aside. A three-ton... + más
New Abigail Adams statue to be unveiled in Quincy, nearly a decade after original sculpture was removed | The Boston Globe
Philadelphia ordered to remove box covering Columbus statue | WPLG Local 10
Associated Press USA Entertainment December 13, 2022
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Crews have removed the plywood box that had been placed over a Philadelphia statue of Christopher Columbus that saw tense standoffs in 2020 between supporters of the monument and opponents who .The box was removed Sunday night, as a small crowd of statue... + más
Box covering Columbus statue sports colors of Italian flag | Associated Press
WPTV USA Nation December 13, 2022
RICHMOND, Va. — John Hill, a descendant of Confederate Gen. A.P. Hill, said he drove overnight from Ohio to Virginia to witness the removal of the last standing Confederate monument in Richmond.Hill watched as crews took down the 130-year-old statue at the intersection of... + más
Richmond removes its last city-owned Confederate monument | Associated Press
Richmond removes its last city-owned Confederate monument | WPLG Local 10
Chicago Sun Times USA Nation November 11, 2022
Former parishioners of a closed church in Pilsen and advocates pushing to save the building fear a historic statue could be removed as soon as Friday. A city permit has been issued allowing work to resume at St. Adalbert Catholic Church; the lack of that permit had stalled... + más
Removal of beloved statue from shuttered church delayed | Chicago Sun Times
Chicago Sun Times USA Nation October 18, 2022
A beloved statue inside a shuttered Pilsen church, at the heart of a fight between former parishioners and the Archdiocese of Chicago, was exposed for a few hours on Tuesday as crews prepared to move it to another church in the neighborhood. Contractors had arrived at St.... + más
Contentious plan to move beloved statue from shuttered Pilsen church gets underway | Chicago Sun Times
St. Adalbert’s ‘La Pieta’ statue will remain at the church — for now | WGN-TV
Chicago Sun Times USA Nation October 13, 2022
Judy Vazquez arrived at St. Adalbert Catholic Church in Pilsen early Thursday. She was checking in with other parishioners who have been holding vigil outside the shuttered church.Then she spotted something that set off alarm bells in her head: two construction workers ferrying... + más
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