Father Frank Pavone

Fr. Frank Pavone“How long does it take to prepare these talks? It takes a lifetime. Because the good speaker is drawing on that lifetime and not just on any immediate preparation that he or she might do.”
– Father Frank Pavone
   from Public Speaking Super Powers

Father Frank Pavone is one of the most prominent pro-life leaders in the world. Originally from New York, he was ordained in 1988 by Cardinal John O’Connor. He is now a priest of the Amarillo Diocese in Texas and serves full-time in pro-life leadership with his bishop’s permission.

In 1993 he became National Director of Priests for Life, which has offices in New York City and Washington, D.C. He is also president of the National Pro-life Religious Council, and the national pastoral director of the Silent No More Awareness Campaign and of Rachel’s Vineyard, the world’s largest ministry of healing after abortion.

He travels throughout the country, to an average of four states every week, preaching and teaching against abortion. He produces programs regularly for religious and secular radio and television networks. He was asked by Mother Teresa to speak in India on the life issues, and has addressed the pro-life caucus of the United States House of Representatives.

The Vatican appointed him to the Pontifical Council for the Family, which coordinates the pro-life activities of the Catholic Church. He also serves as a member of the Vatican’s Pontifical Academy for Life. He was present at the bedside of Terri Schiavo as she was dying and was an outspoken advocate for her life. He was invited by members of the Class of 2009 at Notre Dame to lead an alternate commencement ceremony for those students who refused to attend the ceremony at which President Obama was honored.

Father Pavone was invited by members of Congress to preach at the prayer service they had in the Capitol just prior to the vote on health care reform. He received the “Proudly Pro-life Award” by the National Right to Life Committee, and numerous other pro-life awards and honorary doctorates. He is the author of two books, Ending Abortion, Not Just Fighting It and Pro-life Reflections for Every Day. Norma McCorvey, the “Jane Roe” of the Supreme Court’s Roe vs. Wade abortion decision, called Father Pavone “the catalyst that brought me into the Catholic Church.”

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