Vatican Defrocks Anti-Abortion US Priest Frank Pavone

A fervently anti-abortion priest who placed an aborted fetus on a church altar and posted an online video of it has been defrocked by the Vatican for his "blasphemous communications on social media." Frank Pavone, head of the anti-abortion group Priests for Life, was booted from the priesthood by the church Nov. 9 — with no chance for an appeal. "Rev. Frank Pavone, the founder of the organization, Priests for Life, Inc., was dismissed from the clerical state by the Holy See on 9 November 2022," the Prefect of the Dicastery for the Clergy wrote in a statement shared with Catholic clergy by Pierre. Read more...


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