“Forcing priests to stop providing care during Holy Week is not only morally wrong, but also a violation of the First Amendment,” Republicans wrote in their letter on Wednesday, accordi…
Republican lawmakers penned a scathing letter Pentagon officials after Walter Reed National Military Medical Center sent a “cease and desist” letter to Catholic priests to stop providing care during Holy Week when their contract expired., 24 Republicans are demanding answers from Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and slamming the White House administration’s alleged “attack on Christian faith.”
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center ended its contract with Holy Name College Friary, who had provided pastoral care at the hospital for nearly 20 years.The Republicans praised the Catholic priests who have “stood alongside our service members through the darkest days of our history.” Dozens of Republican lawmakers wrote letters to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin demanding answers over the move.The letter to Austin was sent by Reps. Mary E.
“I fear that giving a contract to the lowest bidder overlooked the fact that the bidder cannot provide the necessary service,” Broglio said. “I earnestly hope that this disdain for the sick will be remedied at once and their First Amendment rights will be respected.”
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