World & Nation
Father Michael Pfleger, who mocked Clinton at Obama’s church, has a history of stirring controversy.
May 31, 2008
Chicago activist’s newest crusade is to banish violent talk show from airwaves. His foes say it’s another publicity stunt.
May 21, 1998
Chicago Cardinal Francis George asked Father Michael Pfleger to take a leave to “reflect on his recent statements” regarding New York Sen.
June 4, 2008
Business
They are disappearing like puffs of smoke into the air.
Aug. 16, 1991
Vandalism and battery are rarely headline-grabbing crimes, but Father Michael Pfleger hopes his trial on those charges next month will help ignite a national drive to rid minority neighborhoods of liquor and cigarette billboards.
Aug. 16, 1990
Archives
“The little guy has won again. I told them if they renamed it ‘Gentle Lamb,’ we’d still boycott it.”
July 5, 1991
A Roman Catholic priest, known for his drug-fighting efforts, was charged with battery and vandalism Tuesday for allegedly painting over billboards advertising liquor and cigarettes.
July 11, 1990
Politics
Sen.
May 30, 2008
Two priests whose crusade against drugs has brought death threats against them have called for the drug testing of all students, teachers and administrators in the Roman Catholic school system in Chicago.
Oct. 5, 1989
It’s a sweltering Sunday and the priest, draped in his African-style robe with a mural of a black Jesus in his shadow, is preaching the gospel of the ghetto: drugs, death and destruction.
Sept. 28, 1991