US EditionAt Pentagon Christian service, Hegseth prays for violence ‘against those who deserve no mercy’
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth led a wartime prayer at a Pentagon worship service invoking military success and moral framing amid ongoing Iran conflict.
- On Wednesday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth hosted a monthly Christian service at the Pentagon, praying for "overwhelming violence of action against those who deserve no mercy" and invoking Jesus Christ.
- Hegseth began these services in May 2025 featuring Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches pastors; critics note his focus on Protestant Christianity and Jesus Christ marks a departure from historical broad religious language.
- Americans United for Separation of Church and State filed a lawsuit Monday seeking internal Pentagon records, alleging Hegseth is abusing his position to impose a preferred religion on federal workers.
- On Tuesday, Hegseth announced "making the chaplain corps great again," reforms that remove rank insignia from uniforms and reduce recognized religious affiliation codes to 31 from more than 200.
- Historian Ronit Stahl notes that while religious expression is common, invoking Jesus Christ in this capacity is new, raising constitutional questions; the Defense Department has not released updated religious affiliation codes.
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