>>114812 “If You Don’t Want to Go in the Light – You’re Going to Try to Shut Off the Light Others Are Shining” – Fr. Pavone Responds to News of Dismissal by Vatican On Saturday news broke that the Vatican dismissed Fr. Frank Pavone from the clerical state for “blasphemous communications on social media.” Catholic News Agency reported: Father Frank Pavone, a well-known pro-life activist and national director of the organization Priests for Life, has been dismissed from the clerical state for “blasphemous communications on social media” and “persistent disobedience of the lawful instructions of his diocesan bishop,” CNA has learned. In a Dec. 13 letter to U.S. bishops obtained by CNA and confirmed by multiple sources as authentic, Archbishop Christophe Pierre, the Apostolic Nuncio to the United States, wrote that the Prefect of the Dicastery for the Clergy issued the decision on Nov. 9, adding that there was “no possibility of appeal.” “Father Pavone was given ample opportunity to defend himself in the canonical proceedings, and he was also given multiple opportunities to submit himself to the authority of his diocesan bishop,” explains a separate statement attached to Pierre’s letter. “It was determined that Father Pavone had no reasonable justification for his actions.”
Fr. Frank Pavone: So the light came into the world. Some preferred darkness. That’s the cause of division. That’s the cause of conflict. And if you don’t want to go into the light, because you’re doing something wrong, maybe it’s jealousy, maybe it’s pride, maybe it’s selfishness of some kind, and you’re trying to stop somebody else from shining that light, you’re not just going to try to avoid the light yourself, you’re going to try to shut off the light that others are shining.
