Frank Pavone
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Frank Anthony Pavone is an American anti-abortion activist and a laicized Roman Catholic priest. He was the national director of Priests for Life and the chairman and pastoral director of its Rachel's
Pavone speaking at an event
Pavone speaking at a political event in 2023
Defrocking
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Defrocking, unfrocking, degradation, or laicization of clergy is the removal of their rights to exercise the functions of the ordained ministry. It may be grounded on criminal convictions, disciplinar
Frank Pavone
…Council, an umbrella group of various anti-abortion Christian denominations, and the pastoral director of the Silent No More campaign. The Vatican defrocked Pavone for "blasphemous" social media posts and disobedience of his bishop on November 9, 2022. The defrocking mandated that Pavone no longer present…
Defrocking of Patriarch Nikon of Moscow