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Historic Tower at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. / ShutterstockWashington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 11, 2023 / 18:20 pm (CNA).One of the top military hospitals in the U.S. says it is reviewing a Catholic pastoral care contract it awarded last month to a Virginia-based firm that specializes in providing government clients with industrial machinery, tactical gear, and janitorial supplies, in addition to chaplains and other religious staff.Franciscan friars at Holy Name College in nearby Silver Spring, Maryland, had provided pastoral services at Bethesda's Walter Re...

The management of Walter Reed National Military Medical Center has drawn criticism from a prominent archbishop -- and some members of Congress.

Catholic clergy from Holy Name College had been serving at Walter Reed for nearly two decades before being barred from entry late last month.

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The management of Walter Reed National Military Medical Center has drawn criticism from a prominent archbishop — and some members of Congress — by choosing not to renew a contract for Franciscan priests to provide pastoral care, and instead hiring a secular firm to oversee provision of those services going forward. For nearly two decades, […]