Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth removed the head of the Army’s chaplain corps and two other generals during Holy Week as he navigates the ongoing conflict with Iran and continues reforms of the chaplaincy. In January, Archbishop Timothy Broglio of the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA, spoke in favor of Hegseth removing the guide, similarly condemning efforts to “reduce the chaplaincy to either … social work or cheerleading, none of which is really the chaplain’s job.” The board of the Catholic Military Apostolate of the United States (CMA-US) said in a statement to EWTN News: “We understand that the regular Catholic chaplain assigned to the Pentagon was not present that day.
Author: Tyler Arnold
Published at: 2026-04-06 21:36:49
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