2018:The Media Year

in Review

Father Frank Pavone and the entire Priests for Life Pastoral Team were regularly quoted or called on to

comment on hottest topics in the news.

Planned Parenthood CEO Cecile Richards announces she will step down

Putting a spiritual spin on Richards' impending departure from the abortion giant, Father Frank Pavone of Priests for Life commented, “I always say a prayer when someone like Cecile Richards has a change in her job, because it can be an opportunity for her to evaluate more clearly what she has been doing and why.”

‘Victory’ over abortion is a certainty…because of Jesus: Priest at March for Life prayer rally

Pro-life leaders decry Senate failure to pass 20-week abortion ban

Father Frank Pavone, national director of Priests for Life, criticized senators who voted against the bill for “believing the excruciating killings should continue.”

Nation mourns death of evangelist Billy Graham

Father Frank Pavone, National Director of Priests for Life and president of the National Pro-Life Religious Council, said Graham “has touched more hearts and converted more souls than can ever be known. His accomplishments are too numerous to count but they all stem from his belief that people need to hear the Gospel.”

US anti-abortion groups urge Taoiseach to retain Eighth Amendment

Seventeen anti-abortion groups in the United States have urged Taoiseach Leo Varadkar to retain the Eighth Amendment in the Constitution.The groups delivered a letter to Mr Varadkar outlining their objection to removing the constitutional rights of the unborn.

British toddler Alfie Evans not allowedto leave country, UK court says

British court agrees to hear Alfie Evans appeal

Father Frank Pavone, National Director for Priests for Life, has been consulting with the Evans family. He appeared on my radio program on WMAL in Washington DC Tuesday to discuss Alfie.

Priests for Life open new headquarters, pro-life leaders gather to strategize

TITUSVILLE, FL, – Pro-life leaders from across North America traveled to Titusville Florida over the weekend to celebrate the opening of Priests for Life new headquarters.The new center, situated in sunny Florida, is open to welcome pro-life leaders and their events as well as house the ministry of one of the most active pro-life groups in the United States.

Cardinal says separating abortion from Title X funds ‘greatly needed’

Father Frank Pavone, national director of Priests for Life, said President Donald Trump “again deserves the gratitude of the pro-life movement and all Americans for the ‘Protect Life Rule’ announced today to divert taxpayer money from the abortion industry and instead direct it toward those health centers that do not promote or perform the killing of children through abortion.”

The Militant Wing of the Anti-Abortion Movement Is Back—And It’s Never Been Closer to Victory –

Mother Jones

Priest Chooses Jail Over Probation by Refusing to Stop Visiting Abortion Clinic – CNS News

Priest sentenced to seven days in jail for counseling women inside abortion center – LifeSite News

Why a Trespassing Trial Has Caught the Attention of Activists on Both Sides of the Abortion Movement - Rewire News

Priest arrested inside abortion center: ‘mass murder’ of unborn must end –LifeSite News

Priest: It was an ‘honor’ to be jailed for trying to save babies inside abortion center – LifeSite News

Illegal immigration and the Catholic establishment

Father Frank Pavone, national director of Priests for Life – and a supporter of President Trump – hits the nail on the head:The hypocrisy of the radical Left is on full display in their weeping and gnashing of teeth over the fate of the children and families of migrants. Then the hypocrites cry about children. Every day I look for their tears over the 3,000 children being ripped limb by limb out of the wombs of their mothers by abortion in legal clinics across the country…

Nation reacts to Brett Kavanaugh nomination to Supreme Court

Father Frank Pavone, National Director of Priests for Life“Those of us who worked so hard to elect President Trump, and who will work even harder to re-elect him, are enjoying one of our proudest moments tonight. These are the kinds of decisions that motivate us to elect leaders like President Trump.”

Kavanaugh calls birth control 'abortion-inducing drugs' during confirmation

hearings, sparks outrage

Science Does Not Support Claims That Contraceptives Are ‘Abortion-Inducing’

Why Do Conservatives Still Think Contraception Is Abortion?

Kamala Harris, Planned Parenthood slammed for taking Kavanaugh out of

context on birth control remarks

Contraception Confusion: Judge Kavanaugh and Priests for Life

Brett Kavanaugh Referred to Contraception as 'Abortion-Inducing Drugs' During Confirmation Hearing

Kavanaugh’s description of birth control as “abortion-inducing

drugs,” explained

Kavanaugh 'abortion-inducing drug' comment

draws scrutiny

Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh refers to birth control as “abortion-inducing drugs”

Brett Kavanaugh Refers To Birth Control As 'Abortion-Inducing Drugs' At Confirmation Hearing

Brett Kavanaugh Just Called Birth Control “Abortion-Inducing Drugs”

Did Brett Kavanaugh call birth control abortion-inducing drugs? No

Harris’s original tweet, with the “they say” language removed, was slightly mitigated by the second tweet a day later, providing the full context. But there was no acknowledgment by Harris that the original tweet was misleading. She earns Four Pinocchios -- and her fellow Democrats should drop this talking point.

Pope Francis calls death penalty “inadmissible”

Father Frank Pavone of Priests for Life tweeted, “Regarding the death penalty, if there is a growing consensus that we should not kill the guilty, let’s get everyone on board that we should not kill the innocent! (This is for you, Democrat Party!).”

Women’s health groups say Supreme Court could 'gut' abortion access without actually overturning it

Father Frank Pavone of the National Pro-Life Religious Council and Priests for Life organization applauded the president’s nomination of Kavanaugh to the bench. Pavone argued that while the patchwork of abortion laws across the country can be difficult, but perhaps reflects the varying constituencies state to state. “The court has made itself the arbiter of every abortion law that the states pass. It should not have to be that way. We actually want a less heavy-handed approach from the court when it comes to abortion legislation.”

Sixty-five op-eds written by the Priests for Life team

were published in 2018

*Why Should a Pro-life Pregnancy Center be Forced to Advertise Abortion? – Fr. Frank

* Just When You Thought It Was Safe to Practice Your Faith –Fr. Frank

* Thanks to President Trump, abortion centers will be missing Title X funding – Fr. Frank

* Why Priests for Life Supports Judge Kavanaugh’s Nomination – Fr. Frank

* Stranger Things and Abortion:

The Upside Down World of Forbidden Grief – Kevin Burke

* Crying Out for Life: A Lenten Reflection – Fr. Frank

* Why Roe Will Fall, Eventually – Fr. Frank

* Abortion is Rumpelstiltskin – Victoria Gisondi

* Democrats Have Become the Party of the Tyrant State – Fr. Frank

• Will the UK really let Alfie Evans diein a hospital unwilling to treat him? – Fr. Frank Pavone

* Abortion Is Not Love: Love Saves Lives – Fr. Frank

* El aborto, un cuento de horror – Victoria Gisondi

* Marcha de estudiantes provida – Victoria Gisondi

* US Fertility Rates Have Plummeted, And Anybody With Common Sense Knows Why – Janet

Morana

* Pavone: Do Christians Oppose Abortion Because They Hate Sex?

* Fr. Pavone: Donald Trump’s Splinter and Nancy Pelosi’s Beam

* Pavone: No, Spermicide Is Not Homicide

* Martin Luther King, Jr.'s beloved community includes everyone, no matter how small – Fr. Frank and Alveda King

*It’s First and Goal for a Federal Judiciary – Fr. Frank

*What Roe of Roe v. Wade Can Teach Us – Fr. Frank• How can you use Martin Luther King Jr. to promote suicide? Fr. Frank and Alveda

* Big Abortion Wants a Monopoly – Fr. Frank

* How the Supreme Court Winds are Starting to Turn Against Abortion – Fr. Frank

* Pro-lifers Know Brett Kavanaugh Stands with Them, Because He's Done it Before – Fr. Frank

* Oprah Champions #ShoutYourAbortion and Ignores Women Who Regret Their Abortions – Janet Morana

• “Handmaid’s Tale” Protests are Just Theater – The People in Black Robes Actually Matter – Janet Morana

* I’ve Been Sexually Assaulted and Falsely Accuse of Sexual Assault. Here’s What I Think of Kavanaugh-Ford Hearing – Bryan Kemper

* Brett Kavanaugh Was Right to Call Contraception an Abortion-Inducing Drug – Janet Morana

* If There’s No Civility Left, it’s Because Democrats are Incapable Of It – Fr. Frank

* Blessing an Abortion Clinic is Crazy Faith Indeed – Fr. Frank

• Mainstream Media Misses the Point of the Pope’s New Teaching – Janet Morana

• The Shockwaves of Abortion Are Headed for Ireland – Janet Morana

• Mainstream Media Misses the Point of the Pope’s New Teaching – Janet Morana

• To Simply Look Abortion in the Eye is to Know It’s Wrong – Fr. Frank• SCOTUS Gives America a Free-Speech Pro-Life Birthday Gift – Fr. Frank

• Forced Abortion a Common Problem in America – Fr. Frank• The Pope, the Death Penalty and Hypocrisy – Fr. Frank

• Shout Your Abortion With Jewelry, Says Hollywood – Fr. Frank• Democrats Sow Protest Chaos at Kavanaugh Hearing – Fr. Frank

• Democrats Dishonest About Kavanaugh and Abortion-Inducing Drugs – Fr. Frank• The Left is Using Sexual Assault Victims to Advance the Abortion Agenda – Fr. Frank• Midterm Candidates Should Be Asked About Gosnell, Late-Term Abortion – Fr. Frank

• A Common Sense Election – Fr. Frank• Avoiding the Ten Election Day Traps – Fr. Frank

• In the Abortion Debate, Who Has the Burden of Proof – Fr. Frank• Reducing the Stress of Violence – Fr. Frank

• Pray for a Pro-Life Lent – Fr. Frank • Living the Gospel of Life – Fr. Frank

• Political Neutrality Has Become a Myth – Fr. Frank• If You Voted for Trump in 2016, Don’t Let Your Vote Go to

Waste Now – Fr. Frank• The Serial Murderer and the Midterm Elections – Fr. Frank

• Vote Early! – Fr. Frank• Make the Courts Great Again – Fr. Frank

• Why Our Culture's Mental Health is Declining and How Your Pro-life Vote Can Turn That Around – Fr. Frank

• Frustrated that 45 Years Later, We Still Haven’t Banned Abortions – Fr. Frank• Supreme Court Ruling is Another Victory for Pro-Life Political Free Speech – Fr.

Frank• While Many 13-Year-Olds are Going to Summer Camp, My Son is Going to a Pro-

Life Summer Camp – Bryan Kemper• Thank God for President Trump, Who Is Upholding the Free Speech Rights of

Pro-Life Christians – Fr. Frank• After 25 Years of Leading Priests for Life My Goal is the Same: End Abortion – Fr.

Frank• Here’s Why Christians Should Pray to End Abortion – Fr. Frank

• Bishop Paprocki is Completely Right to Deny Communion to Pro-Abortion Sen. Dick Durbin – Fr. Frank

• Reflecting on 31 Years as a Tattooed Pro-Life Punk Rocker – Bryan Kemper• What Kavanaugh Means by ‘Precedent Upon Precedent,’ and Why Pro-Lifers

Shouldn’t Be Worried – Fr. Frank Pavone• A Candidate’s Position on Abortion Matters More Than You Think When You

Pull that Lever – Kevin Burke and Janet Morana• Priests for Life’s Last-Minute Pro-Life Election Resources – Fr. Frank

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Secular Radio

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WNJC – New Jersey & PA - Conservative Commandos

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Pro-Life Radio

From the Median – Ohio

March 4 Life NY Radio

The Gospel of Life on Radio hosted by Janet Morana and

Father Frank celebrated its fourth anniversary in April 2018

On TV

Television

EWTN - News Nightly

At Home with Jim and Joy

Christian Broadcasting Network

Newsmax

One America News

The Dove

EWTN Live with Fr. Mitch Pacwa

Priests for Life’s Defending Life, the longest-running, farthest-reaching television show on

abortion, aired its 33rd season on EWTN in 2017. Father Denis Wilde, OSA, and Father Stephen Imbarrato shared hosting duties

with Janet Morana

The Catholic View for Women, co-hosted by Janet

Morana, aired 13 new episodes on EWTN for its 10th

season

Rest in Peace, good and faithful servant

Brian Young

Sep 10, 1951 - Sep 10, 2018