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Who could have seen this coming during Holy Week? Even I, a cynic of the first order, could not have imagined that even the Biden Administration would have kicked Catholic priests out of Walter Reed N...
How anyone would think this was a good idea at Easter is mystifying.
Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio leads the Archdiocese for the Military Services. / EWTN News In DepthWashington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 8, 2023 / 20:08 pm (CNA).A top U.S. military hospital ended its contract with a community of Franciscan friars just before Holy Week, putting a for-profit firm in charge of Catholic pastoral care, according to the Archdiocese of the Military Services.Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio, the head of the archdiocese, blasted the move by Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, calling it "incomprehensible."The medical center ended its co...
The medical center ended its contract with the friars of Holy Name College in nearby Silver Spring, Maryland, on March 31, the archdiocese said Saturday.
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center is receiving backlash after it ended its contract for pastoral care and directed a "cease and desist order" to a community of Franciscan Catholic priests and friars at Holy Name College on March 31, days before Holy Week.