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Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
Posted: June 28, 2012
By KAREN SMITH WELCH
MORRIS NEWS SERVICE
AMARILLO — A Vatican ruling allows anti-abortion activist the Rev. Frank Pavone to perform religious services outside the Roman Catholic Diocese of Amarillo, but he must have permission to participate in pro-life activities, his bishop said Wednesday.
Priests for Life, the New York nonprofit led by Pavone, declared Wednesday the Vatican’s Congregation of the Clergy upheld Pavone’s appeal of restrictions placed on him last September by Amarillo Bishop Patrick J. Zurek.
But the organization shed no light on the details of the ruling.
Zurek said the ruling “makes it clear I am free to restore him to full religious ministry, if I wish. … But he must have my permission for anything in regard to work in pro-life, and in particular Priests for Life, because that is where the issue arose to begin with.”
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