Loss of Mass??

An excerpt from an article about the fallout of the Government shutdown on OSV Weekly: 

 

 

While active-duty military personnel remained on the job, others who assist them could not. That decision has had a particular impact on Catholics, according to a press release from the Archdiocese from Military Services.
Because the only Catholic Masses offered most weekends on some military bases are celebrated by civilian priests on contract to the armed services, those priests were barred from celebrating Mass even on a volunteer basis, the archdiocese’s statement said.
“These men are employed by the government to ensure that a priest is available when an active duty Catholic chaplain is not present,” the statement said. “With the government shutdown, GS and contract priests who minister to Catholics on military bases worldwide are not permitted to work — not even to volunteer. During the shutdown, it is illegal for them to minister on base and they risk being arrested if they attempt to do so.”
On Oct. 5, the House voted 400-1 to pass a concurrent resolution allowing chaplains to celebrate Mass as a first amendment right. It’s unclear whether or not the Senate will concur.


This does not make any sense. Shocking.
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