American coalition of clergy working to end abortion and euthanasia
Priests for Life
Abbreviation
PFL
Established
1990 (1990)
Type
NGO, Private Association of the Faithful
Headquarters
Titusville, Florida
National Director
Frank Pavone
Website
www.priestsforlife.org
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Priests for Life (PFL) is an anti-abortion organization based in Titusville, Florida.[1] PFL functions as a network to promote and coordinate anti-abortion activism, especially among Roman Catholic priests and laymen, with the primary strategic goal of ending abortion and euthanasia and to spread the message of the Evangelium vitae encyclical, written by Pope John Paul II.
On April 30, 1991, Archbishop John R. Quinn of San Francisco officially approved Priests for Life as a Private Association of the Faithful, a term drawn from the 1983 Code of Canon Law. The organization was later listed in the official Catholic Directory. Priests for Life has formed an international association of Catholics called "Gospel of Life", and has requested the Holy See to grant appropriate status and structure in the Church.[2] Bishop Patrick Zurek of the Diocese of Amarillo stated in 2016 that Priests for Life is a civil institution, not a Catholic organization.[3]
^"Priests for Life National Headquarters moved from New York to Florida!". www.priestsforlife.org. Retrieved 2020-04-24.
^"History of Priests for Life". Priests for Life. Archived from the original on 28 July 2014. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
^Smith, Peter Jesserer (14 November 2016). "Father Pavone Faces Diocesan Investigation Over Aborted Baby on Altar". National Catholic Register. Retrieved 2020-04-24.
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