[Donna Lee Nardo]

A very confused repeat bump... Can anyone read between the lines here?

[AKA Elena]

I think that at this very moment -- as the shock of this sets in -- we are required to PRAY and not to make waves that will upset the perception of the organization as rebellious against the Church herself.

While his removal and return to clerical "duty" work seems to subvert the organization through Cardinal Egan -- we are to pray and continue to Support National Priests For Life as it is with Father Frank privately fighting his battle with his archdiocese.

[Brian Kopp DPM]

OK, as an informed, faithful Catholic, becoming more cynical with each passing moment, here's my between the lines most very cynical take on this:

Simple...Fr Pavone was too effective at what he was doing, making the NCCB look bad in contrast, i.e., look how much ONE SINGLE faithful priest is accomplishing while the entire US hierarchy does NOTHING effective whatsoever, principally because it is a group whose moral weight has been gutted by the group's rampant tolerance of/promotion of homosexuality (see their fatally flawed document Always Our children for proof), and institutionalized dissent from Humanae Vitae.

I hate to say this, but the sun is setting on the Roman Catholic Church here. Its the bishops' fault. They cannot tolerate the Fr Pavones telling the unadulterated truth, while they keep their silence or undercut orthodox Catholicism.