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Pro-Life Priest Frank Pavone ‘Dismissed from Clerical State’ with ‘No Possibility of Appeal’

December 19, 2022
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Father Frank Pavone, leader of the pro-life organization Priests for Life, has been dismissed from the clergy with no possibility of appealing his case. According to a Dec. 13 letter (pdf), Archbishop Christophe Pierre announced that Pavone had been “dismissed from the clerical state” on Nov. 9, with “no possibility of appeal.” According to an attached…

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Renewal From Pandemic Requires Spiritual Independence

April 5, 2021
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Commentary Spring has finally arrived here in rural New England, the air crisp and fresh, the skies blue. The annual promise of renewal, symbolized by a glorious Easter Sunday, washes away the gloom of winter as new life bursts from the ground. How sad it is, then—how demoralizing—to see our fellow citizens in the sunshine…

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Clergy Who Bowed to COVID Fears Need to Face a Reckoning

April 5, 2021
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Commentary Spring has finally arrived here in rural New England, the air crisp and fresh, the skies blue. The annual promise of renewal, symbolized by a glorious Easter Sunday, washes away the gloom of winter as new life bursts from the ground. How sad it is, then—how demoralizing—to see our fellow citizens in the sunshine…

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Supreme Court Rules Alabama Inmate Entitled to Clergy in Death Chamber, Puts Execution on Hold

February 12, 2021
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The Supreme Court granted a rare reprieve to a convicted murderer in Alabama late last night, agreeing with his lawyer that proceeding with his scheduled execution without his pastor’s presence in the death chamber violated the man’s First Amendment-protected religious freedoms. The full title of the case is Jefferson S. Dunn, Commissioner, Alabama Department of…

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