It was a pleasure speaking with Father Frank Pavone, National Director of Priests for Life and Missionaries of the Gospel of Life, President of the National Pro-life Religious Council, and Pastoral Director for Rachel’s Vineyard and Silent No More. Fr. Pavone carries many mantles, but all under the focus of educating and equipping clergy and the pro-life movement on the value of Life and how to be a faithful, knowledgeable and cogent advocate for Life.
I have been pro-life longer than I have been conservative, and Catholics have always been the ones who lead the charge for the pro-life movement. In my 50-plus years of life, I have attended and visited many Evangelical and Protestant churches, and the inconsistency on how Life and abortion are addressed is tragically disappointing — especially within the Black church, where literal genocide is occurring. With no respect due to…