CHICAGO, 7 (NE)

    As an answer to the violent situation found nowadays in American society, Cardinal Francis George, Archbishop of Chicago, joined this week in a symbolic walk through West Humboldt Park to support "Covenant for Peace in Action" and "CeaseFire," two clergy-supported programs to stop the shooting in Chicago neighborhoods.

    The walk was a response to a neighborhood shooting that took place a few days ago and the increasing violence in the city. West Humboldt Park is one of seven Chicago neighborhoods participating in CeaseFire, based on a successful Boston initiative to reduce teen shootings. The Covenant for Peace in Action, initiated in September 1999, now includes more than 125 members of the clergy actively working to stop the shooting in Chicago neighborhoods.

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