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Chicago-Area Bishops Spent Money Fighting Maine Gay Marriage

Chicago Catholic News | Posted 11.09.2009 | Chicago

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As Maine voters decided this past week to overturn their state's controversial same-sex marriage law, they had a little help from several Chicago-area...

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Sister Donna Quinn, Dominican Nun, Rebuked For Volunteering At Abortion Clinic

Chicago Catholic News | Posted 11.03.2009 | Chicago

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With pressure mounting from inside and outside the Church hierarchy, an order of nuns has rebuked a Chicago-area member for volunteering at an abortio...

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Cardinal Stands By Notre Dame Obama Criticism As Chicago's Catholic Mayor Daley Disagrees

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.04.2009 | Chicago

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Mayor Daley, a lifelong Catholic and the father of a Notre Dame graduate, said Friday he disagreed with Chicago's most prominent Catholic about the st...

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Cardinal George Calls On White House To End Immigration Raids

Associated Press | Posted 04.21.2009 | Chicago

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The president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops is calling on the White House to end immigration raids that split up families. Cardinal Fran...

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Chicago: Second Again

Howard Wolinsky | Posted 12.13.2008 | Chicago

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Howard Wolinsky

With the election of Barack Obama, the urban orbits have shifted. After Washington, D.C., Chicago has won Second City status once again, based on politics rather than population.

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Obama's Task 'Formidable': Cardinal George

Posted 12.11.2008 | Chicago

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"Chicago's Cardinal Francis George today told America's Roman Catholic bishops that President-elect Barack Obama faces "formidable" odds in serving th...

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Cardinal George Endorses McCain?

Chicago Sun-Times | Carol Marin | Posted 10.11.2008 | Chicago

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The church does not endorse candidates for office," said Chicago's Cardinal Francis George in a letter read at all masses last Sunday. Yes, it does. ...

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

Cathleen Falsani | Posted 06.12.2008 | Politics

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Cathleen Falsani

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

Cathleen Falsani | Posted 06.11.2008 | Politics

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Cathleen Falsani

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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Father Pfleger's Raging Sexism No Problem for Cardinal George

Angela Bonavoglia | Posted 06.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Women's Ordination, Trinity United Church of Christ, Women Priests, Hillary Clinton, Fr. Michael Pfleger, US Conference of Catholic Bishops, Cardinal Francis George, Catholic, Politics News
Angela Bonavoglia

George never said one word about the misogyny that came through in Pfleger's cartoon-like caricature of a brilliant woman respected worldwide who has fought a long, hard battle.

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