Bishop Supervising Military Chaplains Welcomes Pause on Prayer Ban

Bishop Supervising Military Chaplains Welcomes Pause on Prayer Ban
Father Guy Chapdelaine, then-Chaplain General of the Canadian Armed Forces, greets a veteran at the Remembrance Day ceremony at the National War Memorial in Ottawa on Nov. 11, 2016. Art Babych/Shutterstock
Noé Chartier
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The bishop in charge of overseeing Catholic military chaplains says he’s “pleased” the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) have temporarily halted a directive banning them from prayer during official functions.

“The Chaplain General has responded to the many voices of concern that have been raised from many different quarters. We applaud him for doing so—it is a sign of responsive leadership,” Bishop Scott McCaig wrote in an Oct. 31 statement.
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Noé Chartier is a senior reporter with the Canadian edition of The Epoch Times. Twitter: @NChartierET
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