Priests for Life Archives

Rome university reverses decision to honor priest’s pro-life work

Jan 14, 2021

For a variety of reasons, “especially in relation to the political situation” in the United States, the Legionaries of Christ university in Rome will not honor Father Frank Pavone, national director of Priests for Life, said the head of the university’s bioethics faculty.

By Cindy Wooden

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

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
A Catholic tug of war in the US awaits Pope Francis
- Aug 26, 2015
When Pope Francis starts his US road show next month, Catholics to his left and right will all be hoping to pull him a bit closer to their own causes. From the environment to the economy and everything in between, a nod from the pope could do wonders in boosting

By Michael O'Loughlin
Mixed court decisions for Catholic groups seeking relief from HHS mandate
- Aug 21, 2015
A federal court stayed its earlier decision compelling the Little Sisters of the Poor to comply with the Affordable Care Act’s contraception mandate, meaning the group can choose not to comply while waiting on an appeal to the Supreme Court. The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in July that

By Michael O'Loughlin
Catholic groups hope the Supreme Court will hear their contraception mandate cases
- Aug 18, 2015
When it comes to the Obama Administration’s contraception mandate, might the New York-based Priests for Life become the nonprofit equivalent of Hobby Lobby? The group announced Monday that the Supreme Court will meet Sept. 28 to decide whether or not to take up its appeal of a lower court’s decision

By Michael O'Loughlin