The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago is publicly honoring a priest who had been suspended from his parish for mocking Hillary Rodham Clinton during the 2008 presidential campaign.

The Rev. Michael Pfleger will receive a "Lifetime Achievement Award" Wednesday evening from the archdiocese's Office for Racial Justice for "service in pursuit of dismantling racism, injustice and inequalities on behalf of African Americans and all people of color," according to a statement on the archdiocese Web site.

Cardinal Francis George, who temporarily removed Father Pfleger from the mostly-black St. Sabina Catholic Church for politicking from the pulpit, will preside at Wednesday evening's Martin Luther King Prayer Service....