{"id":3391,"date":"2007-01-17T13:59:15","date_gmt":"2007-01-17T13:59:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2007\/01\/collars-in-the-ring.html"},"modified":"2007-01-17T13:59:15","modified_gmt":"2007-01-17T13:59:15","slug":"collars-in-the-ring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2007\/01\/collars-in-the-ring.html","title":{"rendered":"Collars in the ring"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two priests make their choices known for ’08:<\/p>\n

Fr. Frank Pavone of Priests for Life:<\/a><\/p>\n

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In a letter to his own supporters, Fr. Frank Pavone, national director of Priests for Life, said he intends to serve on the Advisory Committee of Brownback\u2019s potential campaign for president.  <\/p>\n

Senator Brownback has not officially announced his candidacy, but has formed an exploratory committee.<\/p>\n

The priest said he is making this endorsement in his personal capacity, and not in the name of any of the organizations he leads.<\/p>\n

He said Brownback has his \u201cunequivocal support.\u201d He described the senator as \u201ca hero for the unborn and one of the strongest and most consistent supporters of pro-life policies\u201d since Brownback was elected to Congress in 1994.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Chicago activist pastor Father Michael Pfleger of St. Sabina:<\/a><\/p>\n

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Father Pfleger says he has known Senator Obama for 20 years.<\/p>\n

"I think Barack Obama is in a class of his own.  I think he is the best thing that has come across the political scene since Bobby Kennedy."<\/p>\n

And just as Kennedy was vulnerable, Pfleger is afraid that Obama is vulnerable, too.<\/p>\n

"When anybody comes with that much hope, whether it’s a Bobby Kennedy or whether it’s a Martin Luther King Jr., they do become vulnerable.  They become vulnerable because they tell the country and the world that we can be better and we don’t have to accept what is.  And unfortunately, we live in a world where not everybody wants it to be different."<\/p>\n

So Father Pfleger is out with a warning: "Do not touch this man," he says, "for if you do, you will answer to us all." <\/p>\n

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Original source for the story.<\/a><\/p>\n

Wow. Thanks to a commentor for pointing out this ministry at St. Sabina’s <\/a>– I guess, as the commentor suggests – he’s not kidding.<\/p>\n

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The Armorbearers Ministry consists of a group of God-called men who are responsible for protecting the anointing and the pastoral mantle that rests upon Reverend Michael L. Pfleger. This is accomplished through consistent prayer, fasting and personal assistance. The Armorbearers share an individual and collective desire to lay down their lives for the life of another, namely Pastor Pfleger<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Personality cult? Out of control, much? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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