Father Frank Pavone Archives

Despite stepping down from campaign position, Pavone says he still backs Trump
- Jul 29, 2020
Father Frank Pavone, a long-controversial figure for his unconventional pro-life advocacy, and who recently resigned from a position in the Trump campaign but insists he still backs the president, has said that he is not acting for the Catholic Church in his advocacy for Donald Trump’s reelection.

By Elise Ann Allen
Supreme Court’s abortion ruling raises stakes for election
- Jun 30, 2020
Supporters of abortion rights are elated, foes of abortion dismayed and angry, but they agree on one consequence of the Supreme Court’s first major abortion ruling since President Donald Trump took office: The upcoming election is crucial to their cause.

By David Crary
Diocese investigates pro-life priest for aborted baby video
- Nov 12, 2016
Bishop Patrick J. Zurek of Amarillo, Texas, has launched an investigation of Father Frank Pavone of Priests for Life following a controversy over a pro-Trump video by Pavone that displayed an aborted fetus on a church altar.

By Associated Press

The pro-life old guard has lost its way and must now step aside

Nov 10, 2016

Amarillo Bishop Patrick J. Zurek has harshly criticized the exploitation of the body of an aborted baby by a pro-Trump activist priest as “against the dignity of human life.” A longstanding pro-lifer says Fr. Frank Pavone’s actions show how the pro-life old guard has lost its way and must be renewed.

By Elizabeth Hansen

Priest slammed for using dead baby as ‘political prop’

Nov 8, 2016

After a video of him standing behind an altar with an aborted baby in an effort to support Donald Trump, Father Frank Pavone of Priests for Life has come under fire, with one Catholic official in New York saying, “It is hard for me to express in calm, measured terms, the revulsion I feel about this.”

By Catholic News Agency