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BREAKING: Former Priests for Life officials call for Pavone to step down

February 10, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

Frank Pavone gives a reflection on Scripture on his YouTube channel. / Credit: Screengrab YouTube Jan. 7, 2023.

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Feb 10, 2023 / 15:50 pm (CNA).
Two former officials of Priests for Life are calling for laicized priest F… […]

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As Pavone misconduct allegations mount, Amarillo diocese maintains silence

February 8, 2023 Catholic News Agency 2

Father Frank Pavone / Credit: Priests for Life video screen shot

CNA Newsroom, Feb 8, 2023 / 20:52 pm (CNA).
Two women have accused Frank Pavone — national director of the pro-life organization Priests for Life, who was dismissed from the … […]

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Pavone: It’s possible I missed laicization notice

January 13, 2023 Catholic News Agency 19

Frank Pavone gives a reflection on Scripture on his YouTube channel. / Credit: Screengrab YouTube Jan. 7, 2023.

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jan 13, 2023 / 09:33 am (CNA).
Frank Pavone, the national director of Priests for Life, was notified of h… […]

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What does it mean to be laicized, defrocked, or dismissed from the clerical state?

December 22, 2022 Catholic News Agency 4

Fr. Frank Pavone. / American Life League via Flickr CC BY NC 2.0.

Denver, Colo., Dec 22, 2022 / 06:43 am (CNA).
On Nov. 9, Cardinal Lazzaro You Heung Sik, prefect for the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Clergy, laicized Father Frank Pavone fr… […]

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Priests for Life’s Frank Pavone: ‘The next pope can reinstate me’ to the priesthood

December 19, 2022 Catholic News Agency 5

Father Frank Pavone / Credit: Priests for Life video screen shot

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 19, 2022 / 17:05 pm (CNA).
Pro-life activist Frank Pavone on Monday defiantly asserted that the Vatican’s decree removing him from the priesthood is… […]

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Canon lawyer on Father Pavone’s dismissal from priesthood: Only the Pope can issue a decision without appeal

December 18, 2022 Catholic News Agency 3

Pope Francis at a Wednesday Papal audience in 2013. | Then Father Frank Pavone, celebrating Mass at the Conservative Political Action Conference in February 2021. | Credit, left: Catholic News Agency | Credit, right: Shutterstock.

CNA Newsroom,… […]

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Frank Pavone cancels Mass but vows legal action after Vatican dismisses him from priesthood

December 18, 2022 Catholic News Agency 61

Father Frank Pavone / Credit: Priests for Life, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Washington D.C., Dec 18, 2022 / 11:29 am (CNA).
The national director of Priests for Life, Frank Pavone, canceled a scheduled live-streamed Mass today, one day… […]

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BREAKING: Vatican dismisses Father Frank Pavone from priesthood

December 17, 2022 Catholic News Agency 63

Father Frank Pavone / Credit: Priests for Life, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 17, 2022 / 17:05 pm (CNA).
Father Frank Pavone, a well-known pro-life activist and national director of the organization Priests… […]

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