From lifesitenews.com and written by John-Henry Westen Fri Dec 19, 2025 - 5:10 pm EST: Pope Leo's US nuncio bars Fr. Frank Pavone from offering funeral Mass for his mother - LifeSite
If you are a practicing Catholic, or anyone who values the sanctity of life -- and of JUSTICE! -- and are not bothered by this horrendous decision, then something is wrong, very wrong!
These monsters are evil, wicked, cold and heartless!
Just who are these people wearing the Roman collar in charge of the Vatican?
Who are they, I ask?????????
Read this article then judge for yourself...
"Cardinal Christophe Pierre refused the request of America's best-known pro-life priest from offering a funeral Mass for his mother, who died at 91 on December 15."
"FLORIDA (LifeSiteNews) — Pope Leo’s Nuncio to the United States has refused the request of America’s best-known pro-life priest from offering a funeral Mass for his mother, who died at 91 on December 15.
Cardinal Christophe Pierre replied Thursday to a December 16 request for permission from Frank Pavone, saying “I believe that the limitations imposed by your canonical status, compounded by the complexity of your public profile, make it impossible for the request to be considered.”
Pavone, one of the most well-known pro-life priests around the world, was laicized by personal order of Pope Francis in 2022, in a move widely believed to be punishment for Pavone’s stance on abortion which was so opposite that of Francis, who welcomed abortionists and population controllers into the Vatican.
The previous Nuncio to the United States, Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, denounced Fr. Pavone’s laicization as “unjust and illegitimate punishment” and an attempt “to feed a climate of terror among the clergy so as to constrain them into servile and fearful obedience.”
Despite the startling charges of blasphemy and disobedience which the Vatican leveled against Pavone as the reason for the decision, Vatican Cardinal Gerhard Müller told LifeSiteNews at the time that it was “not justified” and “political.” The former head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith added: “I think there was truly a lot of pressure [from] the Democratic Party.”
Bishop Joseph Strickland, then-ordinary of Tyler, Texas, also condemned Francis’s blasphemy accusation against Pavone by saying on Twitter, “The blasphemy is that this holy priest is canceled while an evil president promotes the denial of truth & the murder of the unborn at every turn, Vatican officials promote immorality & denial of the deposit of faith & priests promote gender confusion devastating lives…evil.”
On Thursday Pavone told LifeSiteNews in response to the denial of his request for his mother’s funeral: “I do not need any lectures about Canon law. I need common sense, compassion, and what Pope Francis called ‘accompaniment,’ which the Vatican seems to love to talk about rather than practice.”
LifeSiteNews traveled to Rome when the laicization order was issued to deliver a petition of over 45,000 signatures to the Vatican Dicastery for Clergy asking Pope Francis to reverse his decision. The petition declared, “This outrageous attack on the pro-life movement by the so-called ‘listening Church’ is a mockery of justice.”
Countless pro-life activists protested. Sister Deidre “Dede” Byrne called Pavone’s laicization a “travesty” and raised concerns about the Vatican’s favorable treatment of heterodox and abusive priests. Byrne pointed to Jesuit priest Fr. Marko Rupnik, who has not been laicized despite being excommunicated and removed from the Jesuits after allegations of sexually abusing religious sisters and absolving one in confession.
The famed Planned Parenthood director-turned pro-life activist Abby Johnson also weighed in.
In comments to LifeSiteNews, many pro-life leaders expressed profound disbelief that Pavone, arguably the most outspoken Catholic cleric in defense of the unborn, would be subjected to censure from the Vatican.
Reggie Littlejohn, president of pro-life organization Women’s Rights Without Frontiers, stated that Pavone “is a beloved, generous priest, intensely committed to the Catholic faith and the protection of the unborn.”
“He is one of the finest fruits of the Catholic Church and deserves its support in defending a key teaching about the sanctity of life,” Littlejohn said, adding that “it is a travesty that the Vatican has issued a decision dismissing him from the priesthood.”
“He has had no chance to defend himself, yet the letter states there is ‘no possibility of appeal.’ His summary dismissal without the chance even to know that he was being considered for laicization is an indefensible injustice perpetrated against one of the most magnificent priests of our time. Those who love Fr. Pavone should pray for him – and for the souls of those responsible for this grotesque malfeasance.”
Former Planned Parenthood director-turned pro-life advocate Abby Johnson, who was mentored by Pavone during her conversion to Catholicism, was incredulous at the decision, comparing Pavone’s treatment to that of dissenting priest James Martin, SJ who, she said, “continues to move up the Vatican chain of command.”
Media personalities were less polite in their characterizations of the situation. Newsmax host Greg Kelly posted on Twitter at the time: “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!”'
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John-Henry is the co-founder and CEO of LifeSiteNews.com. He and his wife Dianne have eight children and they live in the Ottawa Valley in Ontario, Canada.
He has spoken at conferences and retreats, and appeared on radio and television throughout the world. John-Henry founded the Rome Life Forum, an annual strategy meeting for life, faith and family leaders worldwide. He is a board member of the John Paul II Academy for Human Life and the Family. He is a consultant to Canada’s largest pro-life organization Campaign Life Coalition, and serves on the executive of the Ontario branch of the organization. He has run three times for political office in the province of Ontario representing the Family Coalition Party.
John-Henry earned an MA from the University of Toronto in School and Child Clinical Psychology and an Honours BA from York University in Psychology.
Pray for Fr. Pavone and for strength and honor to resist these modernist monsters!!
Viva Cristo Rey! Bl. Fr. Miguel Pro, Fr. Emil Kapaun and Fr. Vincent Capodanno, pray for us...
St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle...
St. Joseph pray for us!!
Gene DeLalla
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