Pentagon Good Friday Service Excluding Catholics Sparks Religious Bias Concerns Amid Broader Criticism Over Leadership Purge

America's troops face new pressure under Trump admin as Pentagon concerns go unheard

The First Amendment strictly prohibits the government from favoring one faith over another, or from endorsing religion in general, whether through subtle or not-so-subtle means. As it evolved from Constitutional text into the canons of caselaw, that framework has protected the plurality for over 250 years by heeding our founders’ warnings to keep church and state separate.In 1962, the Supreme Court ruled it unconstitutional under the Establishme…

Liberal HuffPost Mocked for Article Claiming Pentagon 'Excluded Catholics' from Good Friday Service

Liberal Huffington Post breathlessly wrote about the Pentagon and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth allegedly "excluding Catholics" from Good Friday services.

HuffPost panned for report suggesting Pentagon excluded Catholics from attending Good Friday service

A report from the liberal HuffPost raised eyebrows among critics for suggesting Catholics were being excluded from a Good Friday service at the Pentagon. HuffPost senior politics reporter Jennifer Bendery wrote that the Pentagon "invited more than 3,500 employees to attend a Good Friday service at its in-house chapel.""Except it’s only for Protestants, not Catholics," Bendery wrote.The report cited a memo sent to staff by Air Force leadership th…

Pentagon Pete Excludes Catholics From Good Friday Services

HuffPost’s Jennifer Bendery reported that Whiskey Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon invited 3,500 employees to attend a Good Friday service at its in-house chapel. But the email invitation offered “a friendly reminder” that there would be only a Protestant service and no Good Friday mass. This sends a disgusting message to Catholics and other non-Protestants at the Pentagon. The message seems to have been received, too: “I guess so the Catholics know the…

Hegseth Holds Protestant-Only Religious Service at Pentagon

AP Photo/Omar Havana According to a Friday report from HuffPost, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon held a Protestant-only Good Friday service at its in-house chapel, with no Catholic Mass scheduled for one of Christianity’s holiest days. The setup, which excludes a Catholic service for the first time, drew frustration from at least one Pentagon employee after an internal email made the arrangement explicit. “Just a friendly reminder: The…

Hegseth Slammed for Barring Catholics From Good Friday Religious Services - There's Just One Tiny Problem

Controversy over Pentagon's Good Friday service excluding Catholics due to liturgical differences.