I am a catholic. This priest has been my hero for years. I left the church. I will leave again if it does not support pro life every single time. No exceptions.
Here is the problem. Money. Father Pavone has it and the Church wants it. Undoubtedly. The Church is the Church after all and directs priests and religious orders through the office of the Bishops. Correct? So the dilemma is the Church after loosely attaching its authority over ministries is now seeking to assert it now and it is going to be a difficult transition. When one or two priests preside over quite a financial enterprise it is very different from the saints who suffered their mission in poverty. The attraction of the Church is its poverty and humility and obedience to Christ.
On the other hand, it can be presumed that when people give to Priests for Life, Rachael’s Vineyard, etc., they want their money to go to those ministerial missions. They think their tithe goes to the Church. I don’t know enough about this I’m sure, but there is that pesky vow to obedience to one’s Bishop. What a dilemma. Round about their are those who prick and peck at the orthodoxy of EWTN and would like to see its demise. I pray that EWTN is up to speed and in perfect allignment with the Church and with Rome so that they will enjoy the protection of Rome from the cafeteria Catholics in the USA. They certainly have zero profit bottom line.