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Priests for Life president ‘remains suspended’

By | 10.05.11 | 11:15 am | More from The Florida Independent

A recent letter from Bishop Patrick Zurek to members of the diocese of Amarillo, Texas, states that Priests for Life President Frank Pavone “remains suspended” from activities outside his diocese.

Suspended Priests for Life leader proposes anti-abortion ‘religious order’

By | 09.19.11 | 12:02 pm | More from The Florida Independent

In response to his recent suspension, Priests for Life leader Frank Pavone floated the possibility of starting a “religious order” for “religious and lay people who feel called to give their whole lives to the pro-life cause.”

Anti-abortion-rights group to picket Catholic facilities after Priests for Life suspension

By | 09.15.11 | 12:56 pm | More from The Florida Independent

The Center for Bio-Ethical Reform recently announced that the group will be picketing “Catholic facilities and activities in the Diocese of Amarillo, Texas.” The anti-abortion group wants to force Bishop Patrick Zurek to allow Father Frank Pavone “to resume full-time anti-abortion ministry.” Zurek More…

Leader of Priests for Life suspended for suspicion of financial impropriety

By | 09.13.11 | 2:12 pm | More from The Florida Independent

According to Catholics for Choice, a religious pro-reproductive rights group, the leader of Priests for Life, Frank Pavone, “has been suspended from engaging in active ministry outside the Diocese of Amarillo, Texas, as a result of concerns about financial improprieties.”

Pavone has been a prominent figure in the anti-abortion movement. More…

Details of campaign targeting Maryland abortion provider announced

By | 07.05.11 | 11:53 am | More from The Florida Independent

Organizers for this year’s “Summer of Mercy 2.0″ have released the schedule for their nine-day event aimed at More…

Anti-Abortion Groups Dodge Fallout From Tiller Murder

By | 06.03.09 | 1:31 pm

On Sunday, when he heard that abortion doctor George Tiller had been murdered outside of his Wichita, Kans. church, Fr. Frank Pavone was “overcome by sadness.” He had opposed Tiller’s work vociferously, for many years. But he didn’t want the fight against his late-term abortion practice to end like this. More…