Pentagon to host Good Friday service just for Protestants, not Catholics

Pentagon to Host Good Friday Service Just for Protestants, Not Catholics
From the PEP Radio Newsroom, we have this news from the Pentagon:
The Pentagon has 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.
“Just a friendly reminder: There will be a Protestant Service (No Catholic Mass) for Good Friday today at the Pentagon Chapel,” reads a Friday email sent by Air Force leadership, a copy of which was shared by an employee. To be abundantly clear, Roman Catholics do not celebrate mass on Good Friday. It is the one day of the year in which mass is not held.
“I guess so the Catholics know their kind ain’t welcome,” said this employee, who requested anonymity to speak about internal communications. “It’s so ridiculous.”
A Pentagon spokesperson confirmed it is not hosting another, separate religious service for Catholic employees.
“The Protestant service is the only service scheduled in the Pentagon chapel today,” they said in a statement.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, a far-right evangelical Christian, has tried to infuse his religious views into Pentagon activities.
Last May, he brought his Tennessee pastor and controversial spiritual advisor Brooks Potteiger to the Pentagon to lead a prayer service, during which he hailed President Donald Trump as a divinely appointed leader. Hegseth said at the time he wanted to make his prayer service a monthly tradition.
That’s what we know for now. From the PEP Radio Newsroom, I’m David Moore.
Posted: April 3, 2026, at 1:40 PM EDT

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