Michael Pfleger

WATCH: Chicagoans React To Zimmerman's Murder Charge

Posted 04.12.2012

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Chicago natives who have spoken out against the shooting of unarmed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in Florida were relieved when George Zimmerman, who kil...

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Attempted Arson At Rev. Pfleger's Church?

Posted 04.04.2012

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A burning shirt found tied to the doors of St. Sabina Church, the home of controversial Rev. Michael Pfleger, Wednesday morning is now being investiga...

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'It's Senseless' 2 Killed, 11 Wounded Overnight In Chicago

Posted 03.30.2012

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Two men were fatally shot and 11 others wounded, many critically, in gun violence over a bloody six-hour period in Chicago Thursday evening, on the ci...

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Priest Speaks Out About Toy Guns In Easter Baskets

Posted 03.15.2012

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Rev. Michael Pfleger has participated in a fair share of funerals and anti-violence marches near his church on Chicago's South Side. Gun violence is a...

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WATCH: City Sticker Contest Winner Speaks Out

Posted 02.10.2012

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The 15-year-old Chicago boy at the center of the city's vehicle sticker contest controversy said Wednesday that his design, criticized by some for all...

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Will Father Michael Pfleger Leave Chicago?

AP | Posted 07.11.2011

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CHICAGO — An activist priest suspended by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago says he'll start preaching at other churches if he's not rei...

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The Plight Of Father Michael Pfleger

Hermene Hartman | Posted 07.10.2011

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Father Pfleger is being punished for his good behavior, while some of the deviant priests were promoted to escape the consequences of their deviancy.

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WATCH: Parishioners Outraged Over Rev. Pfleger's Suspension

The Huffington Post/AP | Posted 06.28.2011

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Supporters of Rev. Michael Pfleger protested outside of Cardinal Francis George's Chicago mansion Thursday, outraged that the cardinal decided suspend...

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Rev. Pfleger Suspended By Chicago Archdiocese

AP | HERBERT G. McCANN | Posted 06.28.2011

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CHICAGO -- An activist Catholic priest in Chicago who made headlines when he mocked Hillary Clinton during her presidential campaign has been suspende...

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Rev. Michael Pfleger Apologizes For Saying Priests Should Be Allowed To Marry, Women Should Be Able To Become Priests

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — An activist Catholic priest in Chicago who made headlines when he mocked Hillary Clinton during her presidential campaign is apologizi...

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Maya Angelou In Chicago: 'I Know The Children Are Being Murdered'

Posted 05.25.2011

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Poet Maya Angelou has often visited St. Sabina Catholic Church on the South Side to read her poetry. This week, after a rash of shootings in Chicago, ...

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Derrion Albert, Renaissance 2010, Olympics 2016 and the Breakfast Club

Rev. Gregory Seal Livingston | Posted 05.25.2011

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When I was a pastor on the West Side I found myself in the middle of rioting students on more than one occasion. What happened? Since the riots weren't caught on video, we didn't get any help from the White House.

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Pfleger Billboards Put Bounty On CPS Student Killers

Chicago Sun-Times | MAUDLYNE IHEJIRIKA | Posted 05.25.2011

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In a litter-strewn, vacant lot in Englewood, steps away from three houses of worship, a billboard went up Tuesday, asking, essentially, what is the pr...

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Father Pfleger Offers $5,000 Reward In Shooting Of Teens Near Church

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO (AP) -- A South Side church has offered a $5,000 reward for information provided to authorities that leads to the arrest of a gunman accused o...

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Pfleger Continues Upside Down Flag Crusade: 'It's Worth Every Bit Of Grief We Take'

Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 05.25.2011

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Raising the U.S. flag upside down is supposed to mean you're in trouble, not cause more of it. But for the Rev. Michael Pfleger, who has been flying ...

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Rev. Pfleger Vows To Keep Flying American Flag Upside Down

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Rev. Michael Pfleger said he intends to keep flying an upside down American flag outside of his South Side church to protest gun violence no matte...

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Rev. Pfleger Raises Flag Upside Down To Protest Gun Violence (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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A South Side priest known for his outspoken activism flew the U.S. flag upside down outside his church Tuesday night to urge lawmakers to pass stricte...

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Farrakhan Praises Obama: 'America's New Beginning'

AP | SOPHIA TAREEN | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — After months of silence about his support for Barack Obama, Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan said in an address Sunday that th...

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The Obama Dilemma

Edward J. Murray | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rev. Wright and Father Pfleger are not without their failings, but they are also not without a heroic amount of courage dedication to their movements.

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Are We the Change We've Been Searching For?

Byron Williams | Posted 05.25.2011

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The country does not simply need to change political parties in the White House; it needs a change of direction, which leaves the Democrats as the de facto party of change.

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Father Pfleger: Ousted from the Rectory, Looking for a New Place

Cathleen Falsani | Posted 05.25.2011

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Pfleger has been thumbing his nose at authority -- secular and sacred -- for years in pursuit of what he believes God has called him to do: fight for the poor and oppressed.

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Michael Pfleger Told To Temporarily Step Down By Chicago Cardinal

AP | SOPHIA TAREEN | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — Cardinal Francis George asked a Chicago priest on Tuesday to temporarily step down from his post to "reflect on his recent statements"...

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My Talk with Father Pfleger: "A Dangerous Time in America ... You Have to Whisper Your Thoughts."

Cathleen Falsani | Posted 05.25.2011

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Pfleger is always in trouble over something, but now he's about as cowed as I've ever seen him. He's reeling, really, from what he admits is a difficult predicament of his own making.

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Controversial Reverend Pfleger Offered Double Dose On Clinton Vitriol

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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ABC News' Jake Tapper is reporting today that last week, Michael Pfleger, the bonkers Catholic attention-whore who insulted the Clintons from the pulp...

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Obama Resigns From Trinity United Church

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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UPDATE: The Chicago Sun-Times Washington Bureau Chief Lynn Sweet has Obama's remarks at a press conference in South Dakota on his decision to resign f...

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