Priests for Life
Frank Pavone, a priest for the age of Trump
By Jacob Lupfer — January 27, 2023
(RNS) — The former priest is a symbol of how the pro-life movement has been deformed by its totalizing tendencies.
Anti-abortion priest Pavone defrocked for blasphemous posts
By Nicole Winfield — December 19, 2022
(RNS) — In a tweet Sunday, Pavone sounded defiant, comparing his fate to that of the unborn.
Priest who posted video with dead fetus on altar is defiant
By David Gibson — November 8, 2016
NEW YORK (RNS) The Rev. Frank Pavone said defeating Hillary Clinton to stop abortion is so important that his Facebook post was justified and not a sacrilege, as critics claim.
Cardinal Timothy Dolan cuts ties with anti-abortion crusader Frank Pavone
By David Gibson — December 15, 2014
NEW YORK (RNS) For decades, the outspoken Rev. Frank Pavone has often clashed as much with his own bishops as he has with abortion-rights foes.
Anti-abortion activist Frank Pavone is back in church’s good graces
By David Gibson — January 22, 2014
NEW YORK (RNS) After years of tensions with various bishops, Priests for Life founder Frank Pavone has complied with demands to straighten out the group’s finances and to become accountable to his home diocese in New York.
Update: Philadelphia plans to cremate and bury Gosnell bodies
By Sarah Pulliam Bailey — June 14, 2013
(RNS) Once the appeal period is over, the city will follow normal procedures and cremate and bury the remains of 47 bodies aborted by Kermit Gosnell, despite pleas from the Philadelphia archdiocese to give them a religious burial.
Activists rally to bury the bodies from Gosnell abortion trial
By Sarah Pulliam Bailey — June 7, 2013
(RNS) A spokeswoman for the Philadelphia district attorney said several people have called and tweeted requests for the bodies of babies killed by abortion provider Kermit Gosnell, but the ultimate decision will come from the medical examiner’s office.
After a year of exile, anti-abortion priest Frank Pavone is back with eyes set on Obama, bishops
By David Gibson — October 15, 2012
NEW YORK (RNS) A year ago, the Rev. Frank Pavone was facing an existential crisis. Confined to a convent in Texas, the longtime anti-abortion activist was fighting accusations of financial mismanagement. Now Pavone is back with a new mission: defeating Barack Obama and making Priests for Life answerable only to Rome. By David Gibson.
Page 1 of 1
