Pfleger and forgiveness
Maybe it’s because he’s a Loyola University alum like me.
Or because he’s a South Sider, like I was when I grew up in Chicago.
Or it’s my impulse as a Catholic to stand ready to offer forgiveness, especially when the sinner asks for it.
But I can’t help but defend Father Michael Pfleger of St. Sabina parish in Chicago. He’s quite well known in Chicago after years of righteous crusades against tobacco, alcohol and gun companies and obnoxious media personalities like Howard Stern and Jerry Springer, but, speaking of obnoxious, he came to prominence with this unfortunate YouTube video.
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