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Hegseth Holds Protestant-Only Religious Service at Pentagon By Donna April 8, 2026 12:50 pm Category: Religion (0.0 from 0 votes) Rules of the Post & Tips. Write & Comment How To Post Here

According to a Friday report from HuffPost, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon held a Protestant-only Good Friday service at its in-house chapel, with no Catholic Mass scheduled for one of Christianity’s holiest days.

The setup, which excludes a Catholic service for the first time, drew frustration from at least one Pentagon employee after an internal email made the arrangement explicit.

“Just a friendly reminder: There will be a Protestant Service (No Catholic Mass) for Good Friday today at the Pentagon Chapel,” read a Friday email sent by Air Force leadership, according to a copy shared with HuffPost’s Jennifer Bendery.

“I guess so the Catholics know their kind ain’t welcome,” one employee said anonymously to HuffPost in response to the message. “It’s so ridiculous.”

A Pentagon spokesperson confirmed the chapel would host no separate Catholic service.

“The Protestant service is the only service scheduled in the Pentagon chapel today,” the spokesperson said in a statement.

The Pentagon Memorial Chapel serves as a worship and reflection space for employees of all faiths and regularly hosts religious services. The decision not to hold a Catholic observance on Good Friday stands out given the makeup of the U.S. military, where roughly a quarter of service members identify as Catholic.

The episode also lands amid mounting scrutiny of Hegseth’s public embrace of far-right evangelical Christianity. In February, he invited Pastor Doug Wilson to lead prayer at the Pentagon. Wilson has advocated for a vision of Christian governance that would ban public Catholic rituals, including Masses, Marian processions, and Corpus Christi devotions.

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by HatetheSwamp on April 8, 2026 12:58 pm I think Easter is institutionalized Christianity's most holy day. And, dabblin in Curt's Holy Trinity. by Ponderer on April 8, 2026 1:51 pm "I think Easter is institutionalized Christianity's most holy day." -pedophile's bitch And I think that the President of the United States, publicly and X-ratedly declaring his intention to order genocide against a whole civilization while proclaiming, "Praise be to Allah", on that most holy of Christian days and in the midst of a psychotic war that he himself moronically started is a rather strong indication of the man's complete and total mental and physical incapacity and incapability for the position of President of the United States of America. But I digress. by HatetheSwamp on April 8, 2026 1:56 pm That was a humdinger of a run-on sentence. Youdaman! Trump is despicable. by Indy! on April 8, 2026 2:05 pm Protestants still feeling insecure about their... ahem... "Christianity" when it comes to the real thing. And the board "Christians" think Indy made all that stuff up. 🙂 by HatetheSwamp on April 9, 2026 4:20 am I didn't see that Catholics weren't welcome at the service, hmmmm by HatetheSwamp on April 9, 2026 4:24 am Juss-sayin... the omnipresent reach of TDS astounds rational people such as myself. Having said that, if Hegseth goes back to Fox and Friends, pb'll be happy. by Ponderer on April 9, 2026 5:56 am Yeah, that'd be great! They could do live feeds from him in prison! by myce on April 9, 2026 7:22 am Anyone who uses the phrase "TDS" is dissociating and not all there. Obedience is a Christian "virtue," but it is only virtuous from the point of view of authoritarians, abusers, exploiters and criminals. by HatetheSwamp on April 9, 2026 11:38 am po, Please list his top 5 egregious crimes... by myce on April 9, 2026 3:21 pm Double tapping is unambiguously murder and a war crime. He should be in prison for that alone. I think he's committed terrorist acts in the Caribbean and his words promote more war crimes. It's hard to know what is happening in Iran with fog of war and propaganda. He's a sadistic psychopath and more war crimes are certain with him. by HatetheSwamp on April 9, 2026 3:32 pm "Double tapping is unambiguously murder and a war crime." What!!!!!? by myce on April 9, 2026 3:37 pm That is, killing survivors in the water after their vessel was wrecked. by HatetheSwamp on April 9, 2026 3:46 pm That's a war crime? by Navy2711 on April 9, 2026 5:05 pm Yes. by Indy! on April 9, 2026 6:05 pm I take Brown Shorts at his idiocy. If he claims he doesn't know double tapping is a war crime? I believe he actually is that ignorant. by oldedude on April 9, 2026 9:09 pm There's nothing illegal about a double or triple=tap. Not illegal. not even addressed. You're just too stupid to speak. by HatetheSwamp on April 10, 2026 3:07 am "I take Brown Shorts at his idiocy. If he claims he doesn't know double tapping is a war crime? I believe he actually is that ignorant." Thanks, Indy. Y'know I accepted po's judgment that pb's stoopid frigginYears ago. Now, prove that you didn't lose your own brain over Cackles. Give us a link to the double tapping claim... from a trustworthy source. by myce on April 10, 2026 6:35 am Conservatives: "I'll need a source for your assertation that murder is a crime." by HatetheSwamp on April 10, 2026 7:11 am I ain't conservative, but I'll give you a hand: Exodus 20:13, bahahahahahahahahahaha by Indy! on April 10, 2026 8:25 am AI: Key Legal Considerations: Protection of the Wounded: The Geneva Convention (IHL) requires that wounded combatants be treated humanely and protected, making it illegal to intentionally kill them once they are out of the fight. by HatetheSwamp on April 10, 2026 8:29 am These people were not wounded. Their vessel was kaput, baha by oldedude on April 10, 2026 8:56 am concha- Protection of the Wounded: The Geneva Convention (IHL) requires that wounded combatants be treated humanely and protected, making it illegal to intentionally kill them once they are out of the fight. OMFG! YOU ARE THE STUPIDIST PERSON ON THIS SITE!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 If you're doing a doubletap (etc), they're still in the fight. And yes If they're wounded, you fix them as best you can. If they're "prisoners." they do have rights. etcetcetcetcetcetc. I love it when a frigging snowflake acts like they're more than a failed "person" that went to school from the back of a comic book, failed at that, and continue to fail in life. by Donna on April 10, 2026 9:21 am The fishermen he murdered were never in a fight, and even if they had been, the two who were desperately hanging onto their boat who trump's SOW double-tapped out of existence were obviousky not in the fight anymore. by HatetheSwamp on April 10, 2026 9:30 am "The fishermen he murdered were never in a fight,..." Trustworthy source? by oldedude on April 10, 2026 9:39 am So what you're saying is that supply lines are off- limits also? so say in Ukraine, a line of Russian tanks going from one place or another, and their resupply vehicles are off limits. Right? by Indy! on April 10, 2026 10:37 am Señorita Soulless proving what I just said in another thread - he'll support anything his daddy tells him to support. Even murdering innocent fishermen, and cops (J6) and young mothers trying to pull out of a parking space (Renee Good). by meagain on April 10, 2026 1:32 pm Actually, OD, Hate is the stupidest person on the site. You are a close second. You are more devious than Hate, but not clever enough to carry it off. Double tapping is almost always a war crime. On the rare occasions it does not teach that level, it is a violation of international law. Always. Your attempted deflection with the silly segue to Supply lines is why you run a close second to Hate. Wounded or not, even if they were fighters, this is an attempt to maximise casualties, not a military need. The initial action was a war crime, too, since there was no evidence that these were not just civilians on lawful business. by HatetheSwamp on April 10, 2026 1:58 pm meagain, Trustworthy source? by meagain on April 10, 2026 2:15 pm Duh! You are working hard to hold your place as the stupidest. I gave you that source. The Geneva Convention. Article 3, if you want to read about it. by oldedude on April 11, 2026 6:50 am wrongagain- Double tapping is almost always a war crime. On the rare occasions it does not teach that level, it is a violation of international law. Always. Hey stupid, you are far worse than concha sin pelo in saying stupid shit. You don't actually know or understand what it means, so you hit up ia and talk about everything else. From IA. The term “double tap” can be traced back to its origins in military jargon where it was used to describe a shooting technique that involved firing two shots at the same target in quick succession. This technique was developed as a way to ensure that the target was neutralized effectively. Just for clarification. This means the engagement is STILL ACTIVE. Two shots, next target. Two shots, next target, etc. Again, active engagement. Keep that in your minds if you can. I'll put it in english for you and concha sin pelo so you can understand it. You used double tap as a standard on the battlefield in active combat. This involves shooting your first round, and then quickly not acquiring a new target and firing a second round before you know if the first shot was effective. What you are suggesting is that guns are so "powerful" they automatically kill in one shot (which is really fucking stupid). What you are condoning is inhumane. Instead of killing quickly, your buttie (the asshole trying to kill you) bleeds out taking up to a minute and a half to bleed out. At this point they are STILL IN THE FIGHT. you and concha sin pelo are reading in your tiktok sites are out of context. YOU'RE talking about "dead checking" which (IMHO) is illegal. When the engagement is done (key operative word) you go around and make sure everyone is dead by shooting them again. Very key feature. If you see things like bombing strikes, yadayadayada, that's not this context. I know and understand that you absolutely do NOT understand the word. Please buy a clue. by oldedude on April 11, 2026 6:57 am donna- You haven't responded, so I'm hoping to clarify. Honestly, I've never used the term "double tap" in anything except for a close in active firefight or land combat scenario. The fishermen he murdered were never in a fight, and even if they had been, the two who were desperately hanging onto their boat who trump's SOW double-tapped out of existence were obviously not in the fight anymore. Agreed (except on the "fishermen" which they aren't). I don't consider that a double-tap, and again (IMHO) is illegal, although it's also a whole lot like sending two torpedo's to sink a ship. That's where my issue was with tanks and logistic vehicles come in. That's what they are. Secondly- RE: the post to wrongagain and hairless pussy. I would never use "double tap" on a strike other than a light weapon in an active firefight or battle. Once the "battle" ends, different rules apply depending on the situation. by islander on April 11, 2026 8:00 am So far..As far as the so called drug running boats are concerned, Trump has released no evidence confirming that they, or even one, was carrying drugs. Trump saying they were is meaningless. Trump is a liar who doesn't mean what he says and doesn't say what he means. So that means sinking those boats and killing any survivors was a crime. by HatetheSwamp on April 11, 2026 8:51 am I agree with you about what Trump says, but I think that the rest of the administration, and people in the military who've communicated about it are, at the very least, not disputing the party line. Don't you chomp at the bit thinking about Dems being in charge of the House starting in January? I HatetheSwamp but that will be the Swamp at its best/worst! by oldedude on April 11, 2026 9:33 am isle- From NOV, 2025 (end of Fiscal Year) The Coast Guard usually seizes about 167,000 lbs annually. This year it seized nearly 510,000 lbs. That is equivalent to 193 million dosages. The US Navy seized a $13.7 million shipment of cocaine in May, 2025. It seems the navy has the down-looking radar and other Intelligence apparatuses. With a couple of exceptions, the actual seizures are listed by the Coast Guard. Still, with those numbers, it's a pretty big haul. FYSA- The brits are also in the area, doing the same thing, and have a couple of really good hauls also. news.uscg.mil thewatch-journal.com by islander on April 11, 2026 10:23 am OD, that's a non sequitur. Your information was not about the boats we're discussing...It doesn't even try to offer any proof that these boats were carrying drugs or drug runners. So far the Trump administration has offered none, zero, nada. by Donna on April 11, 2026 10:45 am Back to Hegseth and religion. He sounds like one of those Christians who doesn't believe that Catholics are real Christians. There used to be a lot of those types back in the 70s, and I had thought that they'd pretty much disappeared by now what with the activist Opus Dei Catholics in the Supremes putting their thumbs on the scale for trump, but apparently Hegseth is trying to revive the anti-Catholic movement of old. by oldedude on April 11, 2026 10:47 am ilse- So far..As far as the so called drug running boats are concerned, Trump has released no evidence confirming that they, or even one, was carrying drugs. Those are EXACTLY THE BOATS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT🙄. Obviously, you didn't look at sources. There are pictures of the boats you fucking referenced. I was on point. You're just refusing to admit you can't read well enough to comprehend the facts. by HatetheSwamp on April 11, 2026 11:11 am "He sounds like one of those Christians who doesn't believe that Catholics are real Christians." Sounds, Donna? Based on what? Have you actually ever heard a thing he's said? Or, are you getting this straight from The Ben? Hegseth seems to me to be hated more than he deserves to be by your side. He's a curious figure. He's a Princeton grad. He seemed to be one of the brighter people at Fox when he was there... ... and, I know that's like saying he was the tallest midget in the room, but he ain't as stoopid nor as bigoted as yinz claim. by Indy! on April 11, 2026 11:13 am He's a MAGAt which overrides all that other stuff. by Donna on April 11, 2026 11:38 am "Sounds, Donna? Based on what? Have you actually ever heard a thing he's said? Or, are you getting this straight from The Ben?" - Hts My OP is from yahoo.com Hegseth reportedly iced out Catholics on Good Friday. If you can find anything that refutes that, post it instead. Or continue whining - whatever. by HatetheSwamp on April 11, 2026 11:43 am "My OP is from yahoo.com Hegseth reportedly iced out Catholics on Good Friday." "According to a Friday report from HuffPost,..." Wow. You're saying what yahoo says the Huffpo says. Do you see a problem there? I'm guessin not. by Donna on April 11, 2026 11:51 am Put up or shut up, troll. by HatetheSwamp on April 11, 2026 11:57 am Troll? You pass on 3rd hand mumbo-jumbo that began with the Huffpo, perhaps the most aggressively biased source of "news" "reporting," in the world, and ole pb's the troll... Yeeeeeeeeeeeeha! Keehee ha, ahhhhhhhhhhh by Indy! on April 11, 2026 12:13 pm Very UNchristian. Of course - Protestant, not Catholic. That explains a lot... Hegseth prays at Pentagon service for ‘overwhelming violence’ against enemies >SNIP< Hegseth called for violence during a prayer he said originated from a military chaplain and was given to troops after Nicolás Maduro, the president of Venezuela, was captured by the US, the AP said. “Let every round find its mark against the enemies of righteousness and our great nation,” Hegseth said in the prayer service. “Give them wisdom in every decision, endurance for the trial ahead, unbreakable unity, and overwhelming violence of action against those who deserve no mercy.” More non-Christian behavior by Hegseth at link below. Please note the Guardian's low key mocking of Pete "Where's my beer?" Hegseth when they refer to him as "secretary of defense" 😂 theguardian.com by Donna on April 11, 2026 12:35 pm Hegseth's Rambo Jesus is the hallucination of a sick mind, not the Gospel of Jesus. by HatetheSwamp on April 11, 2026 12:46 pm The Guardian? Baha. I don't believe a word. by meagain on April 11, 2026 2:51 pm I will put it in plainer English for you, OD Short and simple. Did you not notice that your link, said "can be traced back to its origin?" That is not what it means now. It means something that is a war crime, or a crime against humanity. Your example is what I said: the occasional instance where it does not rise to that level. That was a bit longer than I intended, but it should not be too much or your attention span. by Indy! on April 11, 2026 6:22 pm You can't believe anything bad about your daddy and his twisted loser friends, Brown Shorts. So that last post would fall into the "expected" category along with your daily love letters to Kamala. by islander on April 12, 2026 4:16 am OD, re your post # 37 Your citations didn't say anything about the boats in question. Neither one had any pictures of these boats...The one citation with a picture was describing how USS Gravely intercepted a vessel in the Caribbean Sea in May 2025, confiscating a $13.7 million shipment of cocaine. That vessel was not a fishing boat. Your citation described the proper method of intercepting, boarding the vessel, and seizing the illegal cargo. All perfectly legal and proper. What you are trying to do is claim that that's proof that the small boats Trump has been targeting, blowing up, and killing those in the boat and any survivors were carrying illegal drugs. Trump has presented absolutely no proof whatsoever that those boats were drug runners carrying illegal drugs. If you are going to provide citations, try to make sure they are pertinent to the discussion taking place. The discussion is not about whether or not drugs are being smuggled in the Caribbean, nobody is arguing that they are not. by oldedude on April 12, 2026 5:59 am Neither one had any pictures of these boats...The one citation with a picture was describing how USS Gravely intercepted a vessel in the Caribbean Sea in May 2025, confiscating a $13.7 million shipment of cocaine. That vessel was not a fishing boat. I know your tiktok account "insists" these are fishing boats. You've been lied to, and you swallowed it hook, line and sinker. Like I've said, oh maybe a dozen times, what you're calling "fishing boats," just plain AREN'T. Here are pictures of your "fishing boats." Oh, I have a bridge near Tampa, and one in the Keys I'd like to sell you...🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 bing.com bing.com live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au View Video by islander on April 12, 2026 7:31 am When I, and most others, describe them as fishing boats we are talking about the kind of boats that are commonly used for fishing and recreation. Could they be used for smuggling? Of course! But virtually any kind of boat could be used for smuggling. Neither you nor Trump, however has offered any proof, none whatsoever, that the boats Trump has been blowing u and killing those on board and any survivors, were engaged in drug smuggling. Like I said before, one of your citations described the proper and legal method of intercepting and stopping a boat suspected of carrying illegal drugs. You don't shoot to kill first and ask questions later. You, and everyone else knows that Trump is a consummate liar, but that's who you choose to believe. I do not believe what he says without proof. Why would I? Trump is killing people without any proof that they were doing anything illegal. Again, the proof you are offering is only proof that drug smuggling is taking place, and that is not something anyone is denying, what your proof doesn't do is prove that the boats Trump is blowing up are in any way involved in drug smuggling. You don't kill people and ask questions later to see if they were doing something wrong. by HatetheSwamp on April 12, 2026 7:55 am "When I, and most others..." isle, Most? Really? Among whom?... ... because ole pb has never heard that, baha by islander on April 12, 2026 8:48 am Go look at the surveys and polls yourself...you'll quickly find that the majority of Americans do NOT think Trump is honest or trustworthy.Only his small hard core base can bring themselves to say he is. If you think Trump is honest and Trustworthy just say so...whataboutism doesn't answer the question. by HatetheSwamp on April 12, 2026 9:23 am "Go look at the surveys and polls yourself...you'll quickly find that the majority of Americans do NOT think Trump is honest or trustworthy." Here on SS, posters supply their own documentation. We'll wait. Still, I doubt your claim about the "majority." In a poll that allows "I dunno" as a possible response, my guess is that many would choose that. And, back in 016, while people like you were certain of a Hillary landslide, Selena Zito observed, "(the TDS) take him literally, but not seriously; his supporters take him seriously, but not literally". And, as Humpty Dumpty says, "When I use a word, it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less”. Keehee ha, ahhhhhhhhhhh by meagain on April 12, 2026 1:41 pm Some of those vessels were incapable of making the ocean voyage to deliver drugs to America. They might well have been carrying drugs, but it would be local or possibly to Trinidad. by islander on April 12, 2026 5:34 pm Instead of guessing what the polls say about what Americans think about Trump being honest and trustworthy (Re: post #54). Look it up yourself. Just because you think he is honest and trustworthy doesn't mean the majority of Americans also must think like you...You do think he's honest and trustworthy, don't you? by oldedude on April 12, 2026 7:33 pm RE: #51. Most of these are from ~9 months ago, and newer. [1] US military strikes 'drug vessel' from Venezuela in Caribbean Sea, 11 killed [2] US confirms second strike on Venezuelan drug boat. [3] US military carried out 21st strike on drug boat, killing 3 [4] Coast Guard Destroys Drug Vessel, Seizes 13,000 Pounds of Cocaine Video: US Coast Guard intercepts drug smuggling vessel off the coast of Venezuela usatoday.com bing.com edition.cnn.com gcaptain.com View Video by HatetheSwamp on April 13, 2026 2:52 am "Look it up yourself." Bahahahahahahahahahaha haha ha ha ha haha ha ahhhhhhhhhhh! by islander on April 13, 2026 6:10 am oldedude...None of your citations offered any proof that the boats Trump was illegally blowing out of the water were carrying drugs. I want you to watch the video in your last citation. It shows the Coast Guard intercepting a suspected boat carrying drugs. That's the way it is supposed to be done and the way our Coast Guard has been doing it all along... Go To Top

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