Chaplain Highlights Shortage of Catholic Priests
Chaplain (Capt) Joel Panzer, a Catholic priest who has served in the US Army for the past five years, recently made a push with fellow Catholic leaders to encourage priests to become military chaplains:
By doing so, he hopes to reverse a rising shortage of priests in the military.
About a quarter of the soldiers in the Army are Catholic, but only about 6% of the Army’s chaplains are Catholic priests.
All military branches combined have just Read more