The Vatican has defrocked an anti-abortion U.S. priest, Frank Pavone, for what it said were "blasphemous communications on social media" as well as "persistent disobedience" of his bishop who repeatedly told him to stop his partisan activism for Donald Trump.
In his letter, Pierre cited information from the Congregation for Clergy that Pavone had been laicized - he can no longer present himself as a priest - after being found guilty in a canonical proceeding "of blasphemous communications on social media and of persistent disobedience of the lawful instructions of his diocesan bishop." The letter was first reported by Catholic News Agency.
Blasphemous
"The author has done something undeniably important in explicating the blasphemous play of several important modernist artists. He has also opened the door for consideration of the nature and function of blasphemy in the work of authors who do sometimes validate the truth claims of religion - figures such as Flannery O'Connor, Graham Greene, Shusaku Endo, and Marilynne Robinson. One of the greatest accomplishments of Blasphemous Modernism is that it forces us to return to the scene of some of modernism's greatest crimes against God and ask, not for the first time, if any crime were actually committed." --Martin Lockerd, Modernism/Modernity 2ff7e9595c
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