Fr. Michael Pfleger of the Faith Community of St. Sabina in Chicago was recently “interviewed” by Bill O’Reilly’s team of hacks for Fox News in front of his parish. The interview was prompted by the invitation of Dr. Wright to the community’s African American speaking series as a kind of homecoming for the oft berated and demonized pastor.
This clip lasts about 10 minutes, but it is riveting stuff. Not only do I think that Fr. Pfleger’s responses are stuff of gold in the speaking truth to power sense of proclamation, but I also find the line of questioning to be fascinating as well as disturbing. The interviewer’s approach is argumentative and clearly fishing for a sound-byte to find Fr. Pfleger guilty by association, if not to hold his entire sense of conviction suspect. I think he handles each jab quite well and this clip reveals the media hallucination that programs like the O’Reilly factor reinforce.
Fr. Pfleger was awarded an honorary doctorate from North Park Theological Seminary in Chicago.
(HT: Craftless Culture)
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