Frank Pavone
US Catholic leadership foresees challenges after repeated election defeats for abortion opponents
By David Crary — December 20, 2023
(AP) — The latest rebuff came Nov. 7 in Ohio, when voters decisively approved a constitutional amendment that ensures access to abortion and other forms of reproductive health care.
Frank Pavone, a priest for the age of Trump
By Jacob Lupfer — January 27, 2023
(RNS) — The former priest is a symbol of how the pro-life movement has been deformed by its totalizing tendencies.
After Roe, 50th March for Life a turning point for national, state abortion protests
By Adelle M. Banks and Jack Jenkins — January 19, 2023
(RNS) — Since last summer’s Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision, much of the focus of the abortion fight has moved to statehouses.
Frank Pavone, Leonard Feeney and the long story of Catholic fundamentalism
By Mark Silk — December 27, 2022
(RNS) — The defrocking of the anti-abortion crusader is the latest chapter in an old story.
Anti-abortion priest Pavone defrocked for blasphemous posts
By Nicole Winfield — December 19, 2022
(RNS) — In a tweet Sunday, Pavone sounded defiant, comparing his fate to that of the unborn.
Abortion foes vent disappointment after Supreme Court ruling
By Elana Schor — June 29, 2020
(RNS) — The ruling delivered a defeat to anti-abortion activists but could intensify interest in the November election among religious conservatives who are a key part of Trump's base.
Bishop launches probe of priest who posed with fetus on the altar
By David Gibson — November 9, 2016
NEW YORK (RNS) Bishop Patrick Zurek condemned the pro-Trump video posted by an anti-abortion crusader, but the Rev. Frank Pavone seemed unconcerned.
Priest who posted video with dead fetus on altar is defiant
By David Gibson — November 8, 2016
NEW YORK (RNS) The Rev. Frank Pavone said defeating Hillary Clinton to stop abortion is so important that his Facebook post was justified and not a sacrilege, as critics claim.
Cardinal Timothy Dolan cuts ties with anti-abortion crusader Frank Pavone
By David Gibson — December 15, 2014
NEW YORK (RNS) For decades, the outspoken Rev. Frank Pavone has often clashed as much with his own bishops as he has with abortion-rights foes.
Anti-abortion activist Frank Pavone is back in church’s good graces
By David Gibson — January 22, 2014
NEW YORK (RNS) After years of tensions with various bishops, Priests for Life founder Frank Pavone has complied with demands to straighten out the group’s finances and to become accountable to his home diocese in New York.
Update: Philadelphia plans to cremate and bury Gosnell bodies
By Sarah Pulliam Bailey — June 14, 2013
(RNS) Once the appeal period is over, the city will follow normal procedures and cremate and bury the remains of 47 bodies aborted by Kermit Gosnell, despite pleas from the Philadelphia archdiocese to give them a religious burial.
Activists rally to bury the bodies from Gosnell abortion trial
By Sarah Pulliam Bailey — June 7, 2013
(RNS) A spokeswoman for the Philadelphia district attorney said several people have called and tweeted requests for the bodies of babies killed by abortion provider Kermit Gosnell, but the ultimate decision will come from the medical examiner’s office.
Abortion foes debate best PR approach
By David Gibson — January 23, 2013
(RNS) When thousands of abortion opponents gather Friday to protest 40 years of Roe v. Wade, they will be divided in how to stir people to join their cause: shock them with graphic images of aborted fetuses, or convince them with affecting ultrasounds and reasonable arguments.
As Mitt Romney moves to the middle, anti-abortion activists try to cover his right flank
By David Gibson — October 17, 2012
(RNS) As Mitt Romney has moved to the center in a successful effort to catch President Barack Obama, he has also muted -- or even muddied -- his previous opposition to abortion rights, a shift that has left some conservatives aghast. But longtime anti-abortion activists are telling their followers to "chill out." By David Gibson.
After a year of exile, anti-abortion priest Frank Pavone is back with eyes set on Obama, bishops
By David Gibson — October 15, 2012
NEW YORK (RNS) A year ago, the Rev. Frank Pavone was facing an existential crisis. Confined to a convent in Texas, the longtime anti-abortion activist was fighting accusations of financial mismanagement. Now Pavone is back with a new mission: defeating Barack Obama and making Priests for Life answerable only to Rome. By David Gibson.
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