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Father Frank Pavone, a well-known pro-life activist and national director of the organization Priests for Life, has been dismissed from the clerical state for “blasphemous communications on social media” and “persistent disobedience of the lawful instructions of his diocesan bishop,” CNA has learned. In a Dec. 13 letter to U.S. bishops obtained by CNA and confirmed by multiple sources as authentic, Archbishop Christophe Pierre, the Apostolic Nuncio to the United States, wrote that the Prefect of the Dicastery for the Clergy issued the decision on Nov. 9, adding that there was “no possibility of appeal.” “Father Pavone was given ample...

Pope Francis laicizes America’s best loved pro-life priest Fr. Frank PavoneAccording to the pope's U.S. representative, the order for dismissal from the priesthood was a result of 'blasphemous communications on social media' and 'persistent disobedience of the lawful instructions of his diocesan bishop,' but Pavone said he had no knowledge of the Vatican's decision. America’s best loved pro-life priest, Fr. Frank Pavone, the National Director of Priests for Life as well as the President of the National Pro-Life Religious Council, has apparently been laicized (dismissed from the priesthood) by order of Pope Francis.Catholic News Agency (CNA) reported that a December...

TITUSVILLE, FL – Father Frank Pavone, National Director of Priests for Life, today released the following comment regarding a New York City abortionist sentenced to prison for killing a young woman after a botched second-trimester abortion. “Dr. Robert Rho originally faced up to 15 years in prison for second-degree manslaughter for the death of Jamie Lee Morales in 2016, but then he agreed to a plea deal and now will serve just one-and-a-third to four years in prison,” Father Pavone said. “Ms. Morales and her baby were given the death sentence. There is no ‘reproductive justice’ in that. “The very...

Print PDF Local pro-life activist Bryan Kemper, youth outreach director for Priests for Life vows to go to prison rather than obey the HHS’s mandate. Photo courtesy Stand True Pro-Life Outreach.Plans to appeal case to Supreme Court: “We will not obey”Statement from Fr. Frank Pavone, National Director of Priests for Life, following Friday’s decision by the  U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit in Priests for Life et al. vs. US Dept. of HHS et al:As we have said from the beginning, Priests for Life will not obey the HHS mandate. To ask a group of priests to...

ROME, May 26, 2014 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Responding to a high-ranking Italian bishop who distanced himself from those who pray rosaries outside of abortion centers, the head of Priests for Life did not shrink from open criticism. Responding to the recent remarks by Bishop Nunzio Galantino, the secretary-general of the Italian Bishops Conference, Father Frank Pavone said they underline the critical importance of vigorous pro-life efforts. Father Frank Pavone “When somebody says that the Church has ‘concentrated too much on abortion and euthanasia,’ I take it as a compliment for the success of ministries like Priests for Life, which have called...

Well, friends, here in Amarillo I am working hard at my computer on various pro-life projects as I await further instructions from the diocese. Nothing yet, but being I take my “traveling office” with me to four states a week, there’s never a “nothing to do” moment. It’s so encouraging to see so many people on the same page with me, loving and respecting the Church and, out of that very love and respect, supporting the pro-life mission we are all engaged in together. Amidst the many expressions of support, many say to me that they are praying for me...

Use of Graphic Abortion Photos Strongly Defended by Pro-Life Leaders Joe Scheidler says condemning their use "is like telling the Apostles they can't talk about Christ crucified" By Hilary White and Steve Jalsevac TORONTO, July 20, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Every summer, motorists and pedestrians in towns across Canada and the US are presented with groups of pro-life volunteers standing next to or holding large signs displaying photos of aborted children. Such projects as Face the Truth in the US, Show the Truth in Canada and the Genocide Awareness Project on both sides of the border bring the images to the...

http://www.PriestsForLife.org Fr. Frank Pavone, National Director of Priests For Life, gives very clear reasoning on why Elena Kagan should not be confirmed to the Supreme Court. In this video, he uses the words of the abortionist themselves, documented in Supreme Court testimony, to describe the procedure that Elena Kagan herself, supports: "The friction causes the fetus to tear apart. For example, a leg might be ripped off the fetus as it is pulled through the cervix." (This is from the Supreme Court's 2007 abortion decision.) Abortionist Martin Haskell said, under oath, "We would attack the lower extremity first, remove, you...

http://www.PriestsForLife.org Fr. Frank Pavone, National Director of Priests for Life, continues his reflections on praying to end abortion. In this video, Fr. Pavone gives us real and practical ways to bring a greater awareness to the humanity of the unborn, by doing for them what we do for the born: adoption, naming them, buying them gifts. We witness to their humanity in very concrete ways. We do this not only to witness to others, but also to increase our own awareness of the "real people who are in real danger."

Bishop D'Arcy Joins Notre Dame Prayer Protest Calls Student Coalition a Group of Heroes SOUTH BEND, Indiana, MAY 20, 2009 (Zenit.org).- Bishop John D'Arcy intended to stay away from Notre Dame last Sunday, but he says he belonged on campus to accompany a group of Notre Dame students in prayerful protest. The bishop of the Fort Wayne-South Bend Diocese informed Notre Dame in March that he wouldn't attend this year's commencement ceremony after the university announced its decision to invite President Barack Obama as the speaker and bestow on him an honorary law degree. Eighty-two other prelates soon joined Bishop...

FRONT ROYAL, Virginia, May 20, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Two days before leading in prayer a handful of University of Notre Dame graduates protesting President Obama's commencement speech, Fr. Frank Pavone of Priests for Life delivered a rousing pro-life homily at the baccalaureate Mass of Christendom College in Front Royal, Virginia. Fr. Pavone remarked on the nature of abortion, which he called "the opposite of love," and President Obama, whom he said has dishonored the presidency by supporting abortion. Fr. Pavone introduced the question of the meaning of love with a meditation on Christ's statements, "Greater love than this no man...

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WASHINGTON, November 11, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) - I received the following message on my blog (http://www.priestsforlife.org/blog ) the day after the elections: “IMPORTANT MESSAGE FOR FATHER FRANK PAVONE“I am predicting that there will be more anti-abortion terror because of this election. I AM ALSO PREDICTING THAT THIS TIME IT WILL BE ANSWERED IN KIND BY PRO-CHOICE COUNTERTERRORISTS, who will mount similar terrorist attacks against well-known right-to-lifers. FATHER FRANK will be a natural target for pro-choice counterterrorists.“I therefore advise you, Fr Frank, if you read that there has been another abortion-clinic shooting or bombing, get out of town immediately. Take a...

Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- One of the top pro-life leaders in the country says every victory the pro-life movement has accomplished on the issue of abortion could be undone depending on the results of the election. With pro-abortion Barack Obama and John McCain, who opposes abortion, the fate of abortion may be sealed for decades."It is literally do or die in the political arena for the unborn, for our nation, and for our entire pro-life movement," Father Frank Pavone says in a new letter to pro-life advocates."It will be too late for you to make a difference politically for God’s...

The US bishops have issued a very clear statement on embryonic stem cell research. It does not dwell upon the scientific nuances of the issue, but rather assists the reader to focus on the moral issues involved. The statement is not marked by condemnation, but rather by explanation. It is not a rejection of research or of those who stand to benefit from research, but rather a call to pursue the well being of those very individuals by preserving the moral standards that protect their dignity and that of the rest of us. The statement reminds us that there is...

NEW YORK, April 10, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Fr. Frank Pavone, the well-known head of the US organisation, Priests for Life, has recently posted two videos to the internet video website YouTube in which he demonstrates in graphic detail exactly what happens to a child in a surgical abortion. Using a plastic model of a child at 18 weeks gestation, a common age for surgical abortions, Fr. Pavone holds up a pair of forceps and demonstrates the procedure of dismemberment. He says dispassionately, "The forceps are used to grab one of the extremities of the child...and to pull them off....

Contact:  Jerry Horn, Priests for Life, 540-220-0095 AMARILLO, Texas, Sept. 21 /Christian Newswire/ -- Fr. Frank Pavone, National Director of Priests for Life, today commented on an Illinois judge’s ruling that a new Planned Parenthood facility there cannot open pending an investigation into the truthfulness of building permits filed by the abortion provider. "It's not surprising that Planned Parenthood lies. Lying and killing always go together. Aurora residents are rightly indignant that their community was deceived. They should be even more outraged that Planned Parenthood intends to kill children in this facility," Fr. Pavone added. "For that reason, the facility...

Contact:  Jerry Horn, Priests for Life, 540-220-0095 WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 /Christian Newswire/ --  Fr. Frank Pavone, National Director of Priests for Life, welcomed the brief statement from the Vatican today clarifying that patients in a "persistent vegetative state," even when they are not expected to recover, are not to be deprived of food and water."Naturally, this brings to mind the case of Terri Schiavo," said Fr. Pavone, who was on Terri's short visitor’s list and was at her side in the final hours of her life.  "Her autopsy said that she died of dehydration.  She did not die from natural causes or from...

Contact:  Jerry Horn, Priests for Life, 540-220-0095 STATEN ISLAND, Ny., Sept. 13 /Christian Newswire/ -- Commenting on the New Jersey Supreme Court's decision in Acuna v. Turkish, Fr. Frank Pavone, National Director of Priests for Life, stated, "This court has placed itself embarrassingly behind the times by failing to hold doctors accountable for telling patients what grade school children already know about when a human life begins.  Moreover, abortionists are tearing arms and legs off of children in the womb, not destroying some unidentified mass of tissue whose species scientists don’t know how to figure out."Priests for Life is the nation's largest Catholic...

Contact:  Jerry Horn, Priests for Life, 540-220-0095 STATEN ISLAND, NY, August 15 /Christian Newswire/ -- Fr. Frank Pavone, National Director of Priests for Life, today encouraged participation in a 40-day prayer vigil at a newly constructed Planned Parenthood clinic outside Chicago. The facility, dubbed an "abortion fortress" because of its high brick walls and numerous security features, is scheduled to open September 18. "It doesn't matter how much money or how many facilities Planned Parenthood has. When the people of a community come together in prayer and protest to stop the killing, they are more powerful than the abortion industry....