{"id":1780344,"date":"2022-12-19T13:18:38","date_gmt":"2022-12-19T18:18:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1780344"},"modified":"2022-12-19T13:18:41","modified_gmt":"2022-12-19T18:18:41","slug":"report-pro-life-fr-frank-pavone-removed-from-priesthood-by-vatican-responds-with-defiant-message","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-pro-life-fr-frank-pavone-removed-from-priesthood-by-vatican-responds-with-defiant-message\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Pro-Life Fr. Frank Pavone Removed From Priesthood By Vatican; Responds With Defiant Message"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Freport-pro-life-fr-frank-pavone-removed-from-priesthood-by-vatican-responds-with-defiant-message%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1780344&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Fr. Frank Pavone, one of the most prominent U.S. Catholic priests organizing to defend life, has reportedly been defrocked by the Vatican with no possibility of appeal over social media posts deemed \u201cblasphemous.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A letter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/253106\/vatican-dismisses-father-frank-pavone-from-priesthood\">obtained<\/a> over the weekend by Catholic News Agency said Fr. Pavone was dismissed for his social media activity and \u201cpersistent disobedience of the lawful instructions of his diocesan bishop.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFather Pavone was given ample opportunity to defend himself in the canonical proceedings, and he was also given multiple opportunities to submit himself to the authority of his diocesan bishop,\u201d said a statement attached to a letter from\u00a0Archbishop Christophe Pierre to U.S. bishops, dated December 13. \u201cIt was determined that Father Pavone had no reasonable justification for his actions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The statement notably refers to Fr. Pavone as a \u201clay person\u201d and adds that his organization, Priests for Life, \u201cis not a Catholic organization.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fr. Pavone learned about his apparent removal via Catholic News Agency reporting. \u201cHow did CNA learn about this before I did?\u201d the priest responded to the organization via email.<\/p>\n<p>In a note posted to Priests For Life\u2019s website, Fr. Pavone blasted some American bishops he claims have had it out for him for some time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat took so long?\u201d he wrote. \u201cThis has been the plan of some of the bishops for many years, and what has unfolded has not been dialog, but a one-sided narrative of abuse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy request remains the same: let me serve the Church with a full-time ministry on behalf of the unborn,\u201d Fr. Pavone pleaded. \u201cSome call my refusal to turn away from that work \u2018disobedience.\u2019 I call it faithfulness.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIs it my advocacy of the Church\u2019s teaching on political responsibility?\u201d the father questioned. \u201cHave there been too many pro-life candidates elected, or one too many Justices on the Supreme Court willing to reverse <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em> and also restore religious liberty?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cExactly what do the opponents of my work want me to stop doing?\u201d he continued. \u201cMy work is carried out as part of a team of pro-life professionals who have decades of experience, professionalism and integrity. The 50 people we employ at Priests for Life are solidly united in this mission and will remain so.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In an open letter to Archbishop Christophe Pierre, Fr. Pavone said Pierre\u2019s letter to U.S. bishops \u201ccontains serious errors and omissions\u201d and promised, \u201cthose errors will be addressed separately and thoroughly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you say there is \u2018no possibility of appeal\u2019 to this decision, you speak only in a very narrow legal sense, and completely ignore the appeal that is being made to the People of God themselves,\u201d the father\u00a0wrote. \u201cThis is not just about me; it\u2019s about the millions of supporters of the movement I help to lead and will continue to lead, and of the work that the People of God have already evaluated and judged worthy of their ongoing support.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fr. Pavone has received support from Catholics in the pro-life community. Former Planned Parenthood executive-turned-pro-life activist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/abbyjohnsonprolife\/posts\/pfbid0WsaRgEZEUSPAiq71tAqwnRLEugQTSK4bLtADKPogAh24r2kgaFTMVsCTD8qnMR9nl\">Abby Johnson<\/a> called Pavone \u201cone of the most dedicated pro-life warriors\u201d and questioned why he\u2019d been defrocked.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson has credited Fr. Pavone with assisting her conversion to Catholicism.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">\u201cThe enemy is in our churches, friends,\u201d she wrote in a Facebook post addressing the defrocking. \u201cEvery faith tradition. All different congregations. All ages. All cultures. He is sly, charming, unassuming and incredibly convincing. Good will indeed look like evil and vise (sic) versa. Stay in the word. Pray constantly. Use discernment.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fr. Frank Pavone, one of the most prominent U.S. Catholic priests organizing to defend life, has reportedly been defrocked by the Vatican with no possibility of appeal over social media posts deemed \u201cblasphemous.\u201d A letter obtained over the weekend by Catholic News Agency said Fr. 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