Archbishop Broglio Blasts Military Hospital for Putting For-Profit Firm in Charge of Catholic Pastoral Care, by Shannon Mullen

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By Shannon Mullen, CNA, April 9, 2023

A top U.S. military hospital ended its contract with a community of Franciscan friars just before Holy Week, putting a for-profit firm in charge of Catholic pastoral care, according to the Archdiocese of the Military Services.

Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio, the head of the archdiocese, blasted the move by Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, calling it “incomprehensible.” …

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