Priests for Life founder works every day to end abortion

Published: 2003-10-14

ST. MEINRAD, Ind. (CNS) -- Every day is "Respect Life Sunday" for Father Frank Pavone, founding director of Priests for Life in Staten Island, N.Y., who works to end abortion by preaching and teaching on the Gospel of life. "Our pro-life work is not done, but it's getting done," Father Pavone told St. Meinrad seminarians and other pro-life supporters during a series of talks at the Benedictine-run school of theology in southern Indiana. The director of the international pro-life organization for Catholic clergy encourages priests to speak out from the pulpit against abortion, artificial birth control, infanticide, euthanasia, capital punishment, embryonic stem-cell research and cloning. He knows that priests don't always like to preach about abortion because they don't want to upset any women sitting in the pews who might have had an abortion, but he is convinced priests should be doing more.

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