CHICAGO _ Mayor Lori Lightfoot criticized a Chicago church for reopening its doors over the weekend, tweeting: "It doesn't matter who you are or what you're doing. When you gather like this, you are putting yourself and your loved ones in serious danger."
The church, Metro Praise International Church on the city's Northwest Side, opened its doors for in-person services in an act church officials described as "passive resistance" to Gov. J.B. Pritzker's stay-at-home order.
Lightfoot expressed her concern in a tweet Monday morning, though it wasn't immediately clear if the city would take action in response.
Lightfoot unveiled Friday a "five-star" plan for reopening Chicago, a multiphase approach that offers no timetable but sets tougher benchmarks to meet before easing stay-at-home rules than Pritzker set in his statewide strategy.
But Pritzker and Lightfoot also are facing pushback from restive citizens, local business owners and elected officials as warm weather arrives and various stay-at-home restrictions carry into their third month.
Churches also pose a thorny enforcement problem, too, due to potential First Amendment questions.
Lightfoot's office did not immediately say how or if it would address the church's actions.
