On Sunday, July 26, which marked the 100-day point until the completion of Elections 2020, Fr. Frank Pavone, National Director of Priests for Life, called on pro-life Americans to “make it their first priority, as it will be mine, to re-elect President Trump.”
“With 100 days left until Election Day, November 3, 2020, I call upon all of my fellow patriots who embrace pro-life and conservative principles to put aside, as much as possible, all other activities and to make it their first priority, as it will be mine, to re-elect President Trump, to give him a Republican House and Senate, and to elect Republicans on the state and local level as well,” he said.
“Along with all my brothers and sisters in Christ, I affirm that my platform is the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I also affirm that the Democrat Party, in the principles and policies it embraces, has radically abandoned that Gospel, as well as the principles on which America was founded and Western Civilization rests,” he continued.
“It is no exaggeration to say that everything we’ve worked for, as a Church, a nation, and a pro-life, pro-family movement, is on the line in these next 100 days. This is a spiritual battle and no less than a civil war. We have to be all in, publicly, unapologetically, and with crystal clarity,” he added.
Pavone said that a Democrat victory would “bring the holocaust of abortion, paid for by taxpayers, to unprecedented levels, taking away every restriction, even on infanticide; it would destroy our nation, bringing us socialism and open borders; it would replace law and order with mob rule and depleted law enforcement; it would deprive the Church of the freedom to conduct her mission and instead subject ministries to oppressive mandates, as Biden has already promised; it would destroy the family and any public protection for it; it would ruin our economy, ensnare us in destructive international agreements, and allow China to pursue its destructive agenda; it would fill the courts with judges who tear up the Constitution rather than apply it; it would roll back the protections President Trump has put in place for the consciences of healthcare workers, student on campus, and children who want to pray in school.”
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Sure let’s reelect Trump so that COVID can destroy the nation!
Priests aren’t supposed to do this. Fr. Perozich got in trouble for saying less than that.
Priests have their first amendment rights to free speech or are the second class citizens now?
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/pavone-with-transfer-pending-campaign-work-a-matter-of-conscience-85144
“Because I am a priest in good standing, and was told recently by the Congregation for Clergy that as a priest I am not supposed to have any official role in political parties, I was obedient to that requirement.
“As I indicated to the Vatican, I have followed their request that I not have an official position on the Advisory Boards of the Campaign’s coalitions. I have not, however, distanced myself from the Campaign, or renounced my human right to speak my mind on political matters. Personally, I am an Independent. But it is a moral obligation for me and for all of us in the Church, clergy and laity alike, to point out the moral corruption of the Democrat platform. I will sacrifice my life before failing to do that.”
Father Pavone
Priests have a right to speak out in order to defend the faith. Democrats will destroy the 1st and 2nd Amendments.
It’s the diabolical Democrat party which is destroying this country!
Get a life. Love one another. Stop the hate
Yes Anonymous please stop the hate. The unhinged deranged Left’s hate was on full display at the Barr hearings and no one can deny that anymore. Or is that a “myth” too?
Thank you
Oh please with that stop the “hate” rubbish go tell your Communist fellow travelers to stop burning, looting, killing, tearing down Confederate statues, Father Serra statues, spray painting Catholic Churches and Catholic statues with your phony BLM movement created by 3 Black Lesbian Marxist-Leninists. This is an all out assault on Western Civilization brought to you by George Soros and the Democrat Communist Party!!
If this priest really wants to help re-elect Trump he’d keep his mouth shut about it. He doesn’t help the cause. Fanatics never do. And I’m confused: isn’t this supposed to be the realm of the laity according to Bishop Barron? How special for him that Father Pavone has enough free time and resources to put aside all other activities and make re-electing Trump his number one activity in his life. Maybe as a priest he should make being a priest his number one activity. But he wants to be a celebrity, not a priest.
These comments on here about Father Pavone are utterly disgusting but typical of the Novus Ordo Catholics, it is indeed his duty to say Trump should be President again, Biden is Catholic in name only and supports Abortion, homosexuality, and many other sins and perversions. Trump my be a Protestant but he is more Catholic than that Communist Biden is. God bless Father Pavone
Right on, Romulus Augustus! Anonymous and Corey — read the Catechism and go to confession.
Father Pavone has dedicated a big part of his life to reducing abortions in this country. He has a right to do that, and he has a right to speak even while wearing his collar. As long as he doesn’t tell people who to vote for from the pulpit during Mass he won’t lose any tax exemption.
Blah, blah, blah.
Tell me what’s most important. A child’s life of course. The Democrats claim the high road and that’s the biggest joke. The blacks have been marginalized with the number of black babies who have been aborted. The Catholic Church has been very slow to react and others have been far more responsive to the right to life. The popes main concern is climate. Please get real god bless this very brave priest
Thank you Romulus. Your words express what is in my heart,
Anonymous 7/29 11:44 am.
I’ve read most of the Priests for Life website, I commendthen for audited annual financial statements, However no where did I see a claim that they were an
IRS 501[c][3] organization qualifying for tax deductibility on one’s annual 1040 tax return. Since the PFL website openly advocates political activity, while I am not an attorney, I really doubt PFL would qualify as 501[c][3] status.
Priests for Life is a 501 (c)-3 organization.
All donations are tax-deductible. Tax ID – 94-3123315.
If Trump is truly pro-life, he would confront his friend Putin about the bounties he has placed on the lives of American military personnel serving in Afghanistan. I will not vote for a president who seems to act on Russia’s interests rather than those of the USA!
Thank you Father Pavone for having the courageous to speak out. I find it very disturbing that so many Americans are so happy for the Communists to take over the U.S. Wise up people, there is no Democrat Party. They are Communists who intend to control every breathing moment of our lives if Joe Biden is elected President. It will be too late then – no do-overs will be possible. Anyone voting for Biden is a vote to turn America into a Venezuela, Cuba, North Korea or China. Communists have been allowed to indoctrinate university students – many of whom are now on the streets of the U.S. – destroying cities led by Democrat Mayors. That should give thinking Americans a clue as to what they can expect under Biden and his anti-God, anti-law-and-order and anti-American Party, Pray America that God doesn’t send our deserved Chastisement by allowing Joe Biden the presidency because if this happens, our very life and existence will be that of George Orwell’s “1984.” May God bless the U.S. and remove the rot that has so infected our country.
Look… everything is going down the toilet no matter who you vote for. The consecration to Mary didn’t work, God has abandoned his church. It’s looking like religious believers have nothing to offer that makes any real, positive difference whatsoever but they pretend to like this priest by saying vote for Trump or its the end of the world and you don’t even have to be religious to say that. But there’s no stopping the forces that are creating the beginnings of the civilizational collapse of the West. It doesn’t end well for those alive now who are under 50.
You think the consecration to Mary didn’t work because there is a cross to bear. The first person to entrust Himself to Mary was God Himself. Her job was not to keep the Cross away from Him, was it? He came for that.
The mistake that you are making is in thinking that Mary was consecrated to you.
Can anyone provide me with a reference or link to a letter of good standing for Fr. Pavone?
(And, not simply a letter from a canon lawyer.).
Does anyone know the diocese of which he is a priest?
I know the diocese where Priests for LIfe is located states he is not a priest of their diocese and has not been granted faculties to administer the sacraments.
He has been in two dioceses and a religious order, but none of them acknowledge any current association.
While I often agree with what Priests for Life and its associated ministries have done, it appears at least that Fr. Pavone is a rogue priest acting on his own.
Please prove me wrong.
Thank you Father for your message. I am hoping that more people embrace God and stand firm for our church . Vote for President Donald Trump who is a fierce Patriot, loves the country , and believes in God, patriotism, not radical socialism.