Military archdiocese: Walter Reed pastoral care contract 'turns ministry on its head'
(OSV News) -- The end of a long-running Catholic pastoral care contract at a leading U.S. military medical center highlights broader concerns about the federal contracting process for such services, according to the U.S. Archdiocese for the Military Services and several lawmakers. 'The government cannot supervise a Catholic priest's ministry, so by extension, the government cannot hire a secular firm to do what the government cannot do,' Elizabeth Tomlin, the military archdiocese's general coun
Source: thebostonpilot.com
