Frank Pavone gives a reflection on Scripture on his YouTube channel. / Credit: Screengrab YouTube Jan. 7, 2023.Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jan 13, 2023 / 09:33 am (CNA).Frank Pavone, the national director of Priests for Life, was notified of his recent laicization, a diocesan official has told CNA, contradicting the ex-priest's repeated claims that he has not received official notification of the Vatican's decree dismissing him from the clerical state.An official with the Amarillo Diocese in Texas, who asked not to be identified by name, told CNA that "the canonical process was followed, including physical and electronic notifications [of his laicization] at their proper time." The official's account is at odds with Pavone's prior statements to CNA and other media outlets claiming that he has received no such formal notification.Pavone, who plans to hold a livestreamed press conference Friday ahead of next week's March for Life in Washington, D.C., provided CNA a different ...