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In a 1,883-word plea for donations, the Rev. Frank Pavone warns of “heralds of the culture of death who seek to ... use my current situation to mislead people into thinking that they are wasting their precious pro-life dollars by entrusting them to Priests for Life.” The anti- abortion charity based in Staten Island, N.Y., over the last decade has channeled more than $1.4 million to its nonprofit affiliates, spent $2.4 million on a ministry that soon went defunct and shelled out more than $250,000 in loans to an employee and a check to an entity in Europe. Over the...

... Father Pavone’s bishop, Patrick Zurek of the Diocese of Amarillo, Texas, has issued an administrative decree “suspend[ing] Father Frank A. Pavone from public ministry outside the Diocese of Amarillo.” In a letter dated September 9, which he sent to the entire American episcopate to justify his decision in the court of public opinion, Zurek reveals his real intention: to destroy Father Pavone’s reputation and sink Priests for Life. Professing a desire to “strengthen Father Pavone’s sense of communicatio sacramentalis,” Zurek combines vicious public insults with outright calumny.... Bishop Zurek’s power play against Father Pavone is a prime example of...

More than three years ago, readers on this site received fair warning that Father Frank Pavone was cruising toward a showdown with officials in the Diocese of Amarillo. Read the comment by Diogenes from August 2008, and you will find the simmering conflict neatly summarized, many months before it boiled over into full public view. Diogenes concluded his analysis this way: The question isn't whether or not the Church will support pro-life work. The question is whether priests and religious, when they engage in pro-life work, remain subject to ecclesiastical discipline. The answer, by the way, is Yes. You can...

The baby who was hours from being pulled off life support at his Canadian hospital has been rescued by the national director of Priests for Life and taken to the U.S. for treatment. Thirteen-month-old Joseph Maraachli, who is currently kept alive by a respirator and was recently denied a transfer to a Michigan hospital to undergo a tracheotomy, arrived in the U.S. early Monday morning with Fr. Frank Pavone and other Priests for Life staff. "Priests for Life staff toiled through the night for many nights, working in concert with dozens of people to make this possible," Father Pavone said...

Use of Graphic Abortion Photos Strongly Defended by Pro-Life Leaders Joe Scheidler says condemning their use "is like telling the Apostles they can't talk about Christ crucified" By Hilary White and Steve Jalsevac TORONTO, July 20, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Every summer, motorists and pedestrians in towns across Canada and the US are presented with groups of pro-life volunteers standing next to or holding large signs displaying photos of aborted children. Such projects as Face the Truth in the US, Show the Truth in Canada and the Genocide Awareness Project on both sides of the border bring the images to the...

THE CATHOLIC ADVOCATEVol. 12  No. 1/2         February/March 2003 Sensus Fidei         St. John 16:13Under the guidance of Our Lady and her Spouse, defending the Church since 1992 TABLE OF CONTENTS The Women On the Capitol Steps...The Silent No More ProjectSex Education in Catholic Schools - Part I...The local sceneAmerica, Defend Life - The Deadly Dozen...Action items to achieve a Culture of LifeA Failed Social engineering Experiment...Author Rick Hevier to visit FloridaTHE WOMEN ON THE CAPITOL STEPS    The historic Capitol building of Tallahassee, Florida, proudly boasts red and white candy stripe awnings on its windows. A matter of...

LifeNews.com Note: Father Frank Pavone is the founder and director of Priests for Life.September 1 was my 15th anniversary as National Director of Priests for Life. This is a good point, therefore, at which to reflect aloud with you on some of my perspective right now on the pro-life movement and the steps we need to take in the immediate future. From 1976, when I attended the Annual March for Life in Washington as a high school senior, to 1993, when I dropped everything else I was doing to devote myself full-time to the protection of my unborn brothers and...

This is the latest 60 second video from Priests for Life.

Find Your Death Camps Here and try to Do Something about it.  What can one do?  Sidewalk counseling, prayer, education and information, start a respect-life committee at your church, join your state and county right to life organization, volunteer at your local crisis pregnancy center, join the Knights of Columbus if you are a Catholic male, hold a sign in front of a clinic, start programs in your youth groups and schools and educate them.   Death Camps in Your State, Life Dynamics     List of Abortion Mills and Catholic Churches in your state which can minister to them,...

Silent No More: A Major Crisis in the African-American CommunityBy Rev. John J. Raphael, SSJRoman Catholic ChaplainHoward University, Washington, DC Do you know what the leading cause of death in the African American Community since 1973 is? Think about it for a minute. Is it heart disease-2,266,789 deaths since 1973, cancer-1,638,350, or accidents-370,723? Is it AIDS-203,695, or violent crimes-306, 313? There is one possibility that is often overlooked. It happens 1452 times a day in our community. It has taken over 13 million Black lives within the last 30 years. It has taken 1/3 of our present population. What...

Priests for Life announces “Day of Invitation” to abortion providersEvery year on March 10, various pro-abortion groups observe a “Day of Appreciation for Abortion Providers,” on which they pledge to write letters to papers and show signs of support and gratitude to those who do abortions. This year, Priests for Life is inviting pro-life people to observe March 9 as a day when we extend to abortionists the call to repentance and conversion. There are many examples of abortionists who have become pro-life and stopped killing babies. Some of their testimonies can be found at www.priestsforlife.org/testimony/formerabort.html.In observance of this day,...

The annual March for Life will mark the 33rd anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court decision to legalize abortion. The Jan. 23 event will begin with an ecumenical prayer service in the Senate Caucus Room of the Russell Building at 8:30 a.m., led by Fr. Frank Pavone, director of Priests for Life. All U.S. dioceses are also called to observe Monday as a day of penance and prayer for violations to the dignity of human life through acts of abortion and for full restoration of legal guarantees of the right to life. Fr. Pavone will present a Pro-life Recognition Award...

<p>The first one is a protest of Planned Parenthood's Republicans for Choice "Big Tent" Extravaganza on Monday August  30th, 2004,  at 7:30 PM at the Beacon Theatre. 2124 Broadway, 74th Street & Broadway,  New York City.</p> <p>The other protest is Tuesday Aug. 31st starting at 5:30 pm.  Another "Big Tent" deal. The Republican Big Tent Celebration is a gathering of pro-abort Republicans at The Sky Club - 200 Park Ave., 56th Fl. at 45th between Vanderbilt and Lexington.  We will be gathering at the Vanderbilt entrance.  I will have signs & T-Shirts available.</p>

Answering Pro-Abortion PoliticiansIf you've ever written to a pro-abortion politician about the right to life, you've probably received a form letter that utilizes one of several worn-out arguments. Let's review how we answer them.1. "I respect your views, but I have to represent all the people." Our response: That's what we're trying to say to you. If you neglect the unborn, you are not representing all the people. Roe vs. Wade excludes them from protection; we demand that they be included. A public servant cannot legitimately ignore an entire segment of the public that is being destroyed.2. "I'm personally opposed...

The March, in three words: "viciously, mercilessly abusive." The amount of verbal aggression and abuse hurled at me personally, by women and men, of all ages, for carrying the I REGRET MY ABORTION sign, well, I thought that from all the nastiness and name-calling I've withstood recently on ampersand and calpundit's blogs, that I was ready for it. I wasn't. Not even close. I consider myself fairly far along on the "healing" and "public-appearances" scales. We stood, all 500 of us in the Silent No More Awareness groups, in total silence as planned, for over five hours, not replying or...

Death in the Delivery Room The Testimony of Jill Stanek, R.N. I had been working for a year at Christ Hospital in Oak Lawn, Illinois, as a registered nurse in the Labor and Delivery Department, when I heard in report that we were aborting a second-trimester baby with Down’s syndrome. I was completely shocked. In fact, I had specifically chosen to work at Christ Hospital because it was a Christian hospital and not involved, so I thought, in abortion. It hurt so much that the very place these abortions were being committed was at a hospital named after my Lord...

SOME PARISHIONERS WALKED OUT during a homily given by Father Walter J. Quinn, O.S.A, of New York City-based Priests for Life at Sacred Heart Parish in Coronado the weekend of November 14-16. In his hard-hitting homily, Father Quinn chided apathetic Catholic laity, particularly Catholic politicians, for voting their finances instead of their faith. The following are excerpts from the homily Father Quinn gave at the 9:00 a.m. Mass, for which he received a hearty ovation."...There is nothing in our society that destroys more lives than abortion: not crime, sickness, disease, natural disasters, not even war. There are more lives taken...

According to EWTN's website, Fr. Frank will be the guest on the 7 pm (Central time)with Fr. Mitch. He might mention the NATIONAL AMERICAN HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL down here in Loisiana.

This event is being conducted by members of Priests for Life, those who are PRO LIFE are asked to attend and Participate An e-mail announcement from Fr. Peter West of Priests for Life  www.priestsforlife.org   Fr. Frank Pavone, the National Director of Priests For Life, has asked me to assemble a group of people who would be willing to join me in protesting a meeting of the National Organization of (Pro-Abortion) Women at 6:30 P.M. on July 10th in at the NOW office in  Manhattan.    E-mail to let us know if you are coming and how many in your group...

The woman known as "Roe" in the historic Supreme Court case that legalized abortion is filing a motion in federal court today to overturn the 1973 decision. The Roe v. Wade ruling should be set aside because of changes in law and new research that make the prior decision "no longer just," argues Allan E. Parker, Jr., lead attorney for the San Antonio, Texas-based Justice Foundation. Norma McCorvey Parker is representing the former "Jane Roe," Norma McCorvey, who has the right to petition for reopening the case because she was party to the original litigation. McCorvey announced in 1995 she...