Chicago Cardinal George to Honor Father Pfleger With Lifetime Achievement Award
Posted by Jim Hoft on Monday, April 5, 2010, 8:01 AM
Cardinal George of Chicago will honor Barack Obama’s racist friend and spiritual advisor Father Pfleger in a special ceremony this week.
Like his buddy Jeremiah Wright, Father Pfleger is known for his intolerant outbursts at the pulpit.
Pfleger said, “America is the greatest sin against God.”
This kook will be honored with a lifetime achievement award.
ENews reported:
Along with the St. Katharine Drexel Racial Justice Awards, the Office for Racial Justice will honor Bishop Joseph Perry and Father Michael Pfleger, pastor of St. Sabina Parish, with Lifetime Achievement Awards in recognition of their lives of service in pursuit of dismantling racism, injustice and inequalities on behalf of African Americans and all people of color.
The awards will be presented at 7:00 p.m. April 7, 2010 at Christ the King Jesuit College Preparatory School during the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Prayer Service. His Eminence Francis Cardinal George, O.M.I. will preside over the ceremony.
Father Pfleger was temporarily suspended from his church in 2008 after verbally attacking Hillary Clinton from the altar. He refused to apologize for his racist remarks.
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Published May 24, 2012 at 8:46 pm - 79 Comments
Militant Conservative commented:
Gee, ranks right up there with Barry’s Nobel. LOL
Giving awards does not equate to being popular nor right. dunces.
ahem commented:
George is going to honor that rotten marxist? Pfleger personifies everything that’s wrong with the modern Cahtolic church. Thank God, I am not Catholic.
Azrael Jones commented:
Well, Cardinal, when y’er not hiding judas priests y’er lauding hate-whitey priests.
At least y’er consistent.
Last I looked ‘hate’ wasn’t one of them three virtues.
manateespirit commented:
Where do Catholics go when they hear this nonsense from the Church? How can you support your church when you hear this nonsense? Do you just try to support your local parish and ignore the larger Church?
What has happened to Church leadership in this country? (And it’s not just the Catholics).
Patricia commented:
As a practicing Catholic, I don’t understand this at all. In the words of The Annointed One….”It’s troublesome”…….
Opus #6 commented:
I wish their was a way to do this story without giving Pfleger free press.
J commented:
Without the flame and fancy, we have a priest here, in Canton, MA, that is a boring, flat-voiced version of this priest. And you wonder where catholics go? We stay home.
gus commented:
Manatee. I would not support the Diocese if I lived in Chicago. I would approach my priest, (and I have in past) and I would tell him why I was not giving to the church.
Patrick commented:
I’m catholic and often try to defend the Church but sometimes I just can’t do it. This guy is a total whack job. What an embarrasement.
Azrael Jones commented:
Here’s what you do.
Catholic Ministries Appeal (used to be Bishop’s Annual Appeal) send in a check for $0.01. And write a short note – 50 words or less – saying why HE does not have your financial backing.
Send your support to the Society of St. Vincent de Paul. They actually do charity work.
Hacks like Pflegger and George are liberal secularists. They aren’t Christians.
Skinner commented:
This seems to be mainstream Catholicism.
I am not Catholic, but I do not like seeing this over and over again in the Catholic church.
Are Catholic leadership not listening to their flock, or are old-school Catholics now the fringe?
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daledog commented:
Seemingly, it’s one disgrace after another. Didn’t Cardinal George sign the declaration against Notre Dame inviting 0bama to the graduation ceremony? This makes no sense.
Walter B commented:
This is an April Fool joke, right?
Drusilla commented:
When Catholics encounter something such as this, we try to remember that everything human can be found within the Church, the highest and the lowest. This is obviously an example of something very, very low. We bring priests and issues of this sort to the attention of our clergy, especially our Bishops. And we pray that they will listen and address issues such as this one. He scandalizes the Church and causes people to say, I don’t want to be part of a Chuch that would include such hatefulness. We pray for priests such as Fr. Pfleger – that he repent, that he might do as little harm as possible. Finally, we remember that the Church is more than one hate-filled man. It is the Body of Christ and here on earth, even Christ’s Body contains the “tares” which are allowed to grow beside the “wheat.”
gus commented:
Just a guess, but I think Chicago is probably the 3rd largest or 4th largest diocese in America. The man HONORING PFLEGER is a CARDINAL. This pisses me off.
IllinoisVoter commented:
I was baptised there and attended school at St. Sabina’s in the late 50′s early 60′s.
This sickens me.
SteveCan commented:
So I take it that “Hate” is an achievement?
And that a lifetime of “Hate” is worthy of a “special” award.
WOW …
Taqiyyotomist commented:
#16 Drusilla
GREAT COMMENT.
We’ll all be sorted out eventually.
#14 Skinner
“Are Catholic leadership not listening to their flock….?”
Strange question. Leadership is supposed to take direction from the flock?
czekmark commented:
“Where do Catholics go when they hear this nonsense from the Church?”
Don’t lose your way over this. It’s Jesus Christ we worship not any churchs clergy. For Catholics it’s the mass and the elevation and consumption of the eucharist that is the center of our worship not the homily or anything else a priest might do.
If you still have a problem with the clergy remember Christs admonishment ‘for those without sin to cast the first stone’. They need our prayer perhaps more than others because their burden may be greater.
clyde commented:
as noted above the so called world council of churches has been also thoroughly infiltratraed with far left activists.the pink seminaries are also part of thier plan to corrupt the moral institutions that stand in the way of thier undermining of the core values of society.alinskys rules,target it,isolate it,demonize it by putting real demons into it.
Nathan R. Jessup commented:
Jim,
I am not sure how to contact you directly, but this video was just released (via Zerohedge via Wikileaks) and most likely won’t be up for long):
http://the-raw-deal.com/2010/04/05/wikileaks-releases-video-depicting-us-military-slaying-of-dozen-iraqis-including-two-reuters-employees/
The video shows the murder of innocent civilians by an Apache helicopter. I support the military completely; what I do not support is murder. These men committed murder.
Nathan R. Jessup
http://www.the-raw-deal.com
L. Rogers commented:
This sounds like something set up by the leftists who still occupy too much of Catholic middle management. I wonder how directly involved in these decisions Cardinal George was. Is he really aware of it? If he was directly involved and is aware, shame on him.
What do you do? You call the Archdiocese of Chicago, “Office for Racial Justice” at Tel: 312-534-8336 and let them know how you feel about this outrage. I’ll do it.
SM-Illinois commented:
I am Catholic…and am disgusted. Don’t you all see a pattern about the “chicago way” that Barry pushes? Obviously, the Card is bought off! Got to look at the money trail here in Chic town.
DocScience commented:
I guess they will nail his certificate of achievement to the Wittenberg door.
Pat the First commented:
My home church (Protestant, evangelical) is attracting quite a few Catholics right now. Maybe things like this is part of the reason. And part of it may be that we have a teaching church where the Bible is taught every Sunday.
bg commented:
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Socialists
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Christian
Kakistocracy
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Opaobie commented:
Church leaders should be held to a higher standard since they are the ones responsible for teaching and ministering to the flock. Honoring a scoundrel just further destroys the credibility of the Catholic Church. How did Jesus feel about such leaders who misled their flocks?
I like the suggestion to give your tithes and offerings directly to those who will use it for God’s work. Here’s one that I support, and I am not Catholic:
Life On The Line
Theresa commented:
This is not just a Chicago problem. There is a purging of sin; a separation of wheat from chafe. All churches will be dealt with by God.
The “wolves in sheep’s clothing” have devoured many innocent pilgrims and if they do not repent and turn from their disgusting ways, they will reap what they have sown.
Matthew 7:21 – 23
“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and in your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?’ Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!’
2 Timothy 4:3
For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;
unfatmatt commented:
Abandoning the Catholic Church because of a bad priest and a Cardinal with a Marxist/racist bent is as unreasonable as abandoning the Republican Party because of John McCain. There are good ones and bad ones wherever you go. I feel sorry for anyone who lets a very small percentage of bad apples ruin the entire crop.
The reason Catholics stick with the Catholic Church is because the Church teaching on faith and morals is solid.
oldguy commented:
If there was really a separation of church and state, churches would have to pay taxes. I see no mass political movement to force this issue, so I guess all the talk is just that, so much talk.
Stuart commented:
Every few centuries or so the Catholic Church utterly loses sight of its true mission on Earth.
The last time it took a rebel monk named Luther
to bring about a redress of grievances. Luther, far from wishing to destroy the church, rather, sought its reform. Vatican resistance to such reform ultimately led to a little spat known as the Thirty Year War. A most unpleasant event.
squeaky commented:
http://theblackcordelias.wordpress.com/2008/09/08/barack-obama-mentor-and-mary-seat-of-wisdom-park-ridge-il-employee-jerry-kellman-continues-where-pfleger-left-off-speaking-at-dem-convention-and-organizing-for-obama-in-the-chicago-suburbs/
bitterclinger commented:
Our church was assigned aging hippie priest a few years ago. I can’t tell you how many of his sermons began with his holding up a newspaper from 1968. He lives there.
The last straw came when he was fairly new to our church and pronounced that we were so fortunate to “have a prophet in our midst.” (And he wasn’t referring to anyone else present.) He’s anti-military and anti-war, despite having a large number of military retirees.
Our next stop was the church up the road, which also happens to be the designated-Hispanic church for our diocese. A friend who recently retired from state govt. belonged to this chuch for a short time until he called them out for knowingly committing fraud for the gain of illegals. He pointed out the illegality of what they were doing and they looked at him blankly and said, “So?”
Our diocese’s Catholic newspaper is as far left as you can get — everything deals with illegals and “green” lifestyle.
As the mother of youngish children, I homeschool my kids from Baltimore Catechism books from the early 60s. They’ve learned more in one book than they have in all the years they attended church-sanctioned classes, which taught them nothing but diversity, diversity, diversity.
I’ve had quite enough.
Rosie commented:
Most Catholics were unaware of the Marxism in the church. It started in Chicago with a Father Egan , friend of Alinsky- he was booted out of Chicago by a normal bishop. Notre Dame took
in father Egan and gave him a permanent home.
These Catholics, Obama, Alinskyites etc are funded by the Catholic Campaign for Human Development. It us a sinister Marxist underground in the Catholic Church. Had it not been for the emeregence of their star Obama – we would never have known.
Opaobie commented:
bitterclinger, and anyone else interested in homeschooling, I strongly recommend the A Beka Book curriculum for core subjects. Another great source of reference material can be found at Wall Builders. Also, if you homeschool, you NEED to join the HSLDA – Home School Legal Defense Association.
Jan Ignace commented:
When Pope John Paul II appointed Francis George as Archbishop of Chicago in 1997, he was viewed by the liberal establishment then (priests and media) as being somewhat orthodox and not following in the footsteps of his predecessor, Joseph Cardinal Bernardin. The usual gasps of the coming inquisition were splattered all over the media.
At that point, I had high hopes that His new Eminence might really shine as an outstanding example of what a shepherd of the flock and a successor of the Apostles is supposed to be. Either that or he would become just another mediocre liberal playing diplomatic footsie with the entrenched Chicago establishment. In other words, taking the coward’s way out.
But I never imagined that he would be party to this outrage by honoring Fr. Pfleger, a man who has worked overtime as his own press secretary, a master of narcissistic self-promotion, an abortion enabler, and a maintainer of racial disharmony in this city and country through his Leftist political ties.
Whatever respect I tried to maintain for His Eminence is lost in this outrage against decency and charity.
John commented:
“Where do Catholics go when they hear this nonsense from the Church?”
Where do Protestants go when they hear nonsense from Rev Jeremiah Wright?
SKAY commented:
“Cardinal George to Join Celebration Honoring Politically Active Pastor, Rev. Michael Pfleger
4/3/2010 2:25:00 PM
Pro-abortion Democrat Al Sharpton is one of many contraversial politicians who have spoken during services at St. Sabina
Cardinal George is scheduled April 7 as “presider” at an event designated as a memorial to Dr. Martin Luther King that includes honors for Rev. Michael Pfleger.
In 2008, Catholic Citizens of Illinois called on the Cardinal to remove Pfleger for, among other things, his public support for pro-abortion politicians (i.e. Obama) and inviting the pro-abortion candidates to speak from the pulpit at St. Sabina’s (i.e. Al Sharpton.)
For the 2008 CCI press release click here. For those interested in attending, Click here for the flyer announcing the event.
To let the Cardinal know what you think about honoring the likes of Rev. Pfleger, contact FRANCIS CARDINAL GEORGE, O.M.I., Archbishop of Chicago, PO Box 1979, Chicago, IL. 60690-1979, Phone: 312-534-8230, Fax: 312-534-6379 E-Mail: archbishop@archchicago.org“
Leslie Bates commented:
Perhaps I should thank God that I’m an atheist.
Pfleger, like all adherents of the Primacy of the Parasite, is an enemy of America and an enemy of Mankind. Claiming to speak on the behalf of God is simply no excuse for the advocacy of the enslavement of the productive and rational.
Kathy from Kansas commented:
unfatmatt (at #32) and czekmark (at #21),
You speak truth, and I must agree with you.
BUT, having said that, I’m still reeling anyway. I mean, what the @#$%^&! It’s one thing to have a Fr. Pfleger in the Church; there will always be some like this. What’s disheartening is that a bishop–nay, more than a bishop, a cardinal–nay, more than a cardinal, a cardinal who I’d thought was orthodox–would be honoring this man.
And while I’m bitching, are there any other Catholics who are as upset as I am over the Catholic League– the Catholic League! of all people!–snarkily attacking Randall Terry, who bravely and sincerely speaks for so many of us when he asks, why is Nancy Pelosi allowed to continue calling herself a Catholic when she constantly promotes the most heinous sin of abortion?
KathiMcNamee commented:
As a cradle Catholic who loves being Catholic, loves the Catholic Church, tries to educate myself in order to defend my church through all of Satans attacks, this makes me sick to my stomach. I just threw up a little bit in my mouth!!!! Cardinal George will have to look God in the eye one day and explain why he did not stand up for the teachings of the church.
Paul commented:
I left the Episcopal Church in large part because of this type of nonsense. Sickening…
bg commented:
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this may explain a lot of the betrayals
past & many forthcoming, maybe not..
“Covenant for a New America”
[At a press conference on December 1... the possible Presidential contender said, '...the network that Saddleback has helped to create has as much reach as any institutional force in our culture and has probably a wider reach around the world than just about anything that's going on right now.... I hope one of the things that comes out of this conference that Pastor Rick has emphasized again and again, is no single branch of our society is going do this alone. If government thinks they can do it by themselves they're wrong. Churches have to recognize that they've got to be partners with the government. Business has an enormous role....]
UCC member Sen. Barack Obama discusses faith and politics
[Later -- during his interview with United Church News -- Obama continued his thoughts about religion and politics; specifically, the role of religious principles in reaching a balance between national security and social justice concerns.
"I believe that democracy demands that the religiously motivated translate their concerns into universal values," Obama said. "Social justice and national security are both universal values, values that may originate for some in their religious beliefs, but are shared by us all."]
”I am certain nothing has done so much to destroy the juridical safeguards of individual freedom as the striving after the mirage
of social justice.”
“I have come to feel strongly that the greatest service I can still render to my fellow men would be that I could make the speakers and writers among them thoroughly ashamed ever again to employ the term ’social justice’.”
~Friedrich A. von Hayek
“I am confident that we can create a Kingdom right here on Earth.”
‘We are God’s partners in matters of life and death’
‘my individual salvation is not gonna come about
without a collective salvation for the country’ …
wait until Sharia is incorporated into the “social justice”
system.. Obama fully intends to wed church/mosque &
state..
[From a political stance that is leftist, you must legislate to create a just society, and various programs need to exist in order to collect monies needed to even the playing field between rich, middle class, poor and those people who are routinely marginalized by society. Equal rights can be defined as equal access to things that make it possible for people in any societal sector to be successful. Therefore, leftist philosophy would support things like anti-discrimination laws and equal opportunity programs, and would favor taxation, especially of those who make a lot of money, to pay for programs that help provide equality for all.
The far left would argue that there are certain basic needs that must be offered to all. These include things like truly equal education and safety in all schools and programs that would help all children have the financial opportunity to attend college. Far left groups, often termed socialist even if they differ from true definitions of socialism, further argue that a just society cannot be had unless everyone has access to food, safe shelter and medical care. The way to achieve this is through taxation and government implementation of programs that will guarantee these things for all people.
The right political stance equally endorses a just society, but may criticize those who make poor choices and feel that while equal opportunity should exist, a government should not legislate for this. In fact it is argued that social justice is diminished when governments create programs to deal with it, especially when these programs call for greater taxation. Instead, those who have more money should be encouraged to be philanthropic, not by paying higher taxes, which is arguably unjust.
From a religious perspective, you’ll find people all over the political spectrum who argue for social justice. Many Christian groups believe that you bring about justice through Christlike actions of mercy, especially those that help people who have been marginalized by society. Islamic perspective on social justice is similar; one of the Five Pillars of Islam is that all must give to the poor. However, certain sects of Islam promote views of women and men as different; women are not equal to and are subservient to men.]
Social Justice in Islam
Father Obama, Mother Gaia
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Duh commented:
The leftist crazies have infiltrated everything in this country. Is it so hard to believe that they’ve done the same with religion?
KansasGirl commented:
Lord, forgive them for they know not what they do.
Mrs. X commented:
This “priest” needs to be de-frocked. Plain and simply.
William Smyth commented:
Father Pfleger apologized for the line 2 years ago. He misspoke. He intended to say “Racism
is the greatest sin against God.” Which is in fact what he said at the end of clip you show.
bg commented:
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‘we the people” are the government..
“we the faithful” are the church..
neither “community organization” could survive w/o us..
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bellez commented:
I am of Catholic upbringing. I can’t even go to Mass the last few years. I understand the left wing has infiltrated the ranks..Feminist nuns which means activist male haters. Gay priests..humm thought they were suppose to be celebate/ Well I talk to a priest during elections, seems I can go to hell for not attending mass but they can’t go to hell for Voting for someone who promotes abortion or Gov’t as God.. I hope one day they will get over the ‘tax exempt” clause stopping them from speaking up and rely on God to fill their coffers & souls more.
bg commented:
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just remember..
Hitler claimed to be a Christian..
that did not make him one, far from it..
Pfleger claims to be a Christian..
that doesn’t make him one, far from it..
Obama once claimed to be a Christian..
that didn’t make him one then,
and it doesn’t now, far from it..
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GMR commented:
I agree with Kathi #46. We as christians need to remember that we will only need to answer for what ‘we’ve’ done. All priests, nuns, and archbishops will need to account for there own sins. We can try to help others, but on the last day, we ALL must answer for OUR deeds alone. God will judge us individually on the last day.
Kathy commented:
Pat the First – it appears there was a passive/agressive pun in there. Mass is offered everyday with sacred scripture, not just Sunday. Many protestants are returning to the true church.
Now back to the topic, I’m very disappointed that Cardinal George has chosen to reward this priest. There is enough scandal the media is stirring, this has just added to it. We can’t say this is a problem of the 50′s & 60′s.