By Bradley Mattes, President, Life Issues Institute - Herein lies the central reason for Father Frank’s laicization. The Catholic hierarchy has long favored Democrat/liberal politicians, while Father Frank through no fault of his own has promoted pro-life politicians who, on the federal level, are almost exclusively Republicans... When attempts by the Vatican to control Father Frank’s support of pro-life candidates failed, they denied him the priesthood. It should be said that pro-life politicians in the U.S. Senate and White House succeeded in adding three U.S. Supreme Court Justices, resulting in the reversal of Roe v. Wade.