The Catholic Church has banned a Priest for life.
You guessed it: Frank Stallone.
Sorry, that’s an old Norm Macdonald joke (back from when SNL was funny):
I don’t mean to make light of the matter because it is very serious.
The banned Priest is Frank Pavone.
Pavone is very well known for being adamantly pro-life.
And of course that’s who the Pope bans for life.
Not the child molesters (ahhhhhhhhlegedly…..)
Not the far-left Pope himself….
Nope.
The strict pro-life guy.
What the hell is going on??? Father Frank PAVONE is a HERO. How many priests who MOLESTED CHILDREN have been allowed to stay in the priesthood, yet they KICK OUT Father Frank for making the case Against Abortion. SOMETHING IS VERY WRONG! pic.twitter.com/6ySkfUXwHJ
— Greg Kelly (@gregkellyusa) December 18, 2022
Of course, the Catholic Church denies that’s the reason.
Nope, can’t be that.
Has to be his other “bad behavior”.
From Fox News:
Father Frank Pavone, a firebrand pro-life activist who has stirred controversy over the issue within the Church, was removed from the Roman Catholic priesthood this fall.
Pavone was officially removed from the clergy on November 9 following receipt of a letter from Pope Francis’ representative in the U.S., according to the New York Times. The letter ordered that Pavone was to be removed with no possibility of appeal.
“This action was taken after Father Pavone was found guilty in canonical proceedings of blasphemous communications on social media, and of persistent disobedience of the lawful instructions of his diocesan bishop,” the letter reportedly reads, without specifying the communications.
Pavone claimed he had received no communication from the Vatican in an interview with the Catholic News Agency Saturday. Nevertheless, he said his removal comes as little surprise.
“I’ve been persecuted in the church for decades, decades. This is nothing new for me,” he told CNA. “They just don’t like the work I’m doing for these babies.”
He went on to mention the circumstances of his “blasphemous communication,” saying that he had typed the world “goddamn” in a Tweet in 2020.
“I used the word G-D in a response to somebody in a tweet and for that they want to throw me out of the priesthood,” he said.
Archbishop Christophe Pierre, the Pope’s representative to the United States, alerted U.S. bishops of the decision on Dec. 13, according to the Times.
“As you will know, Father Pavone was a very public and high profile figure associated with the Right to Life Movement in the U.S.,” Archbishop Pierre told the bishops. “His dismissal from the clerical state may, therefore, be a matter of interest among the faithful. In anticipation of that potential interest, the attached statement regarding Father Pavone is provided for your information.”
Here is another Priest defending the ban:
No priest would ever be dismissed from the clerical state for being TOO pro-life.
If you think that's the issue with Mr. Frank Pavone, I'd invite you look at his long history of disobedience to his bishop, vulgarity, misuse of human remains, etc.
— Fr Matthew P. Schneider, LC (@FrMatthewLC) December 18, 2022
Others support Pavone:
I support Fr. Frank Pavone! 🙏🏻❤️🇺🇸 #standwithfrfrank pic.twitter.com/HReoNtIDHe
— Ecclesia Militans (@JohnAndrewDors3) December 18, 2022
Was it stuff like this that got him banned?
#prolife pic.twitter.com/vMDIuDVZsX
— Frank Pavone (@frfrankpavone) December 8, 2022
Or this?
Hi friends… So in every profession, including the priesthood, if you defend the #unborn, you will be treated like them!
The only difference is that when we are “aborted,” we continue to speak, loud and clear.— Frank Pavone (@frfrankpavone) December 18, 2022
Sounds like a guy who didn’t bend the knee to Moloch and the Pope didn’t like that too much….
Deeply shocking! Evidently the reason is he would not submit to his bishop’s attempt to restrict and control his organization “Priests for Life.”
Vatican Dismisses Pro-Life Leader Father Frank Pavone From Priesthood – https://t.co/tHXA9frUzB https://t.co/VVODE47svY
— Dinesh D'Souza (@DineshDSouza) December 18, 2022
Here’s with LifeNews has to say:
In a shocking turn of events, the Vatican has dismissed pro-life leader Father Frank Pavone from the Catholic priesthood. The decision will certainly anger pro-life Catholics who respect Pavone and appreciate his decades of service to the pro-life movement via Priests for Life.
The decision comes on the heels of Pope Francis facing criticism for putting an abortion advocate on the Pontifical Academy for Life, claiming that giving an abortion support a Catholic Church platform helps “dialog.”
In a December 13 letter to the Catholic bishops in the United States, Papal Nuncio Archbishop Christophe Pierre wrote that the Dicastery for the Clergy issued the decision to defrock Pavone on November 9 — supposedly for “blasphemous communications on social media” and “persistent disobedience of the lawful instructions of his diocesan bishop.”
There is reportedly no ability to appeal the decision.
As the Catholic News Agency reported:
“Father Pavone was given ample opportunity to defend himself in the canonical proceedings, and he was also given multiple opportunities to submit himself to the authority of his diocesan bishop,” explains a separate statement attached to Archbishop Pierre’s letter. “It was determined that Father Pavone had no reasonable justification for his actions.”
Pavone, however, told CNA Saturday that he had not been notified about the Vatican’s judgment.
The communication from Archbishop Pierre does not specify the actions that led to Pavone’s dismissal or name the bishop he disobeyed.
The statement refers to Pavone as “Mr. Pavone” and calls him “a lay person,” underscoring the dramatic and immediate nature of the Vatican’s action.
“Since Priests for Life, Inc. is not a Catholic organization, Mr. Pavone’s continuing role in it as a lay person would be entirely up to the leadership of that organization,” the statement says.
Despite the supposed pronouncement, Father Pavone is still saying Mass and the Priests for Life web site indicates he is a Catholic priest in good standing.
Pavone told CNA he was shocked by the news and indicated the Vatican had not informed him.
Pavone started parish work on Long Island decades ago.
“I loved it. I love parish work. I was assigned to St. Charles on Staten Island, a very large parish of 3,000 families. We had a school 600 students right there on the property and it was great. I had a great pastor; there was an associate and then a retired pastor. So it was the four of us, we had three deacons. That’s a great pastoral team,” he said.
One of the most recent events Pavone organized was a day of mourning for the baby killed in a live abortion on NPR.
“Pro-life leaders have named the child Baby Amanda Marie and we are asking every pro-life individual, organization and lawmaker to mark the day with fasting and special prayers, including Masses,” said Pavone, National Director of Priests for Life. “These actions can be done privately, but the more they are done in common, with groups, the better.”
Meanwhile, the Pope is FINE with this:
Disturbing: The Vatican Approves Of Aborted Babies Being Used In New COVID-19 Vaccine
This is hypocrisy at the highest level!
The Vatican in the past has publicly denounced abortions but it looks like things have changed.
A letter from the Vatican has just announced they approve the killing of unborn babies as long as they are used for a new COVID-19 Vaccine.
To be more precise the letter was quoted saying “It is morally acceptable to receive Covid-19 vaccines that have used cell lines from aborted fetuses in their research and production process”.
How insane is that!
They’re basically saying it’s moral to kill babies if there is use in their dead bodies, how disgraceful.
The Vatican says it's "morally acceptable" to get a COVID-19 vaccine, even if its research or production involved using cell lines derived from aborted fetuses, due to the "grave danger" of the pandemic.https://t.co/noaUEJHs3z
— NPR (@NPR) December 22, 2020
The Vatican’s doctrinal office said that when alternative vaccines are not available, it is morally acceptable to receive COVID-19 vaccines developed or tested using cell lines originating from aborted fetuses. https://t.co/IkdMKl7fdl
— U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (@USCCB) December 21, 2020
VATICAN: “morally acceptable” to get virus vaccines using abortion cell lines https://t.co/F2mrxXeuIK pic.twitter.com/84ayMsUB0u
— NEWSMAX (@NEWSMAX) December 22, 2020
Newsmax covered the disturbing story and released these details:
The Vatican on Monday declared that it is “morally acceptable” for Roman Catholics to receive COVID-19 vaccines based on research that used cells derived from aborted fetuses, guidance that came after some churchmen in the United States argued that such products were immoral.
The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, the Vatican’s watchdog office for doctrinal orthodoxy, said it had received several requests for “guidance” during recent months. The doctrinal office pointed out that bishops, Catholic groups and experts have offered “diverse and sometimes conflicting pronouncements” on the matter.
The Catholic Church’s teaching says that abortion is a grave sin.
The Vatican concluded that “it is morally acceptable to receive COVID-19 vaccines that have used cell lines from aborted fetuses” in the research and production process when “ethically irreproachable” vaccines aren’t available to the public.
Raise your hand if you will not get any vaccine made using cells from babies killed in abortions!
🙋♂️🙋🙋♀️
— LifeNews.com (@LifeNewsHQ) December 21, 2020
Vatican OKs getting Covid-19 vaccines that used cell lines from aborted fetuses https://t.co/LWiNnEgT5r
— FOX Carolina News (@foxcarolinanews) December 22, 2020
NPR covered the story also:
The Vatican says that it’s “morally acceptable” to receive a vaccination for COVID-19, even if the vaccine’s research or production involved using cell lines derived from aborted fetuses, given the “grave danger” of the pandemic.
The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, the Vatican office charged with promoting and defending church morals and traditions, said in a document released Monday that “when ethically irreproachable Covid-19 vaccines are not available … it is morally acceptable to receive Covid-19 vaccines that have used cell lines from aborted fetuses in their research and production process.”
Pope Francis approved the text on Thursday, Vatican News reported.
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