This is hugely misleading. For Hale to say that “Hesgeth’s pentagon offered nothing for them.” “…Catholic worship was excluded” is the biggest distortion. The National Catholic Register has already reported that the Pentagon’s chaplain Priest was not in town on Good Friday. In fact, Catholic masses are held on a daily basis. No one was barred from the building or from worshipping. The service was open to all employees the chapel is interfaith space. This was a one-off scheduling issue tied to priest availability, not a policy of exclusion. I absolutely do not agree with pastor Doug’s suggestion of banning public expressions of Catholicism. However, Good Friday Catholic services were not just suddenly excluded. There were no priests available. Given that there would be no mass; the CMA-US mentioned the lay people should gather and pray. Hale’s article conflates two unrelated events into a narrative of anti-Catholic hostility during Holy Week. No Trump official has described Catholic Mass, liturgy, or worship services as a security threat. That makes zero sense as First Lady Melania is Catholic; JD Vance and numerous officials in the administration are as well.
