FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Leslie Palma
Date: Aug. 14, 2024 917-639-7039
TITUSVILLE, FL -- Priests for Life National Director Frank Pavone today issued an open letter to the U.S. Catholic bishops, respectfully making the case for the need for clear leadership from the clergy regarding the consequential November elections.
“I chose today to issue the letter because it is the anniversary of the death of St. Maximilian Kolbe, a priest who was so vocal against the evils of a political party – the Nazis,” Pavone said. “He sent out publications about the Nazis from his monastery, and as a result he ended up in the Auschwitz death camp, where he died.”
This letter is similar to two open letters Pavone has issued in the past, one in 2020 and another in 2021.
“I do not send open letters without also communicating with these bishops privately,” Pavone said, adding that he does not expect to hear back from the bishops.
“When it comes to the substance of these public issues, they are not willing to engage in serious dialogue or to respond to serious appeals like this,” he said.
“Instead, we see some of them sideline, intimidate, and cancel many of the priests and deacons who do try to imitate Maximilian Kolbe’s courageous witness against evil political parties. They even kicked me out of the priesthood for being ‘too political.’ But that’s not going to shut me up – not then, not now, not ever.
“We need open and honest discussion in the Church about these issues and about the expectations of the faithful regarding Church leadership. And all people of faith must continue to speak and, as Christ’s disciples, carry on the work we know we are called to do,” Pavone concluded.
The open letter was also published by The Gateway Pundit.
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