Need for more Catholic Army chaplains to serve military flock as great as ever, say two priests - Catholic Review

Need for more Catholic Army chaplains to serve military flock as great as ever, say two priests - Catholic Review

It’s a question often asked about Catholic chaplains serving in the U.S. Archdiocese for the Military Services: Are there enough of them for the estimated 250,000 Catholics — 25 percent percent of the U.S. armed forces — serving worldwide? For Father Peter Pomposello, the answer, for the Army, is a frustrating no. A priest of the Archdiocese of New York, is the senior priest chaplain to paratroopers and their families at the Army’s Fort Bragg (f…