EXCLUSIVE: ‘Woke Mentality’: Military Chaplains Decry New Directive Banning Religious Prayer

Three CAF chaplains say a ‘woke mentality’ has taken over the military, which is purging traditional values and making their role lose its meaning.

Veterans remove their hats during prayer at a Remembrance Day ceremony in Quebec City on Nov. 11, 2016. The Canadian Press/Jacques Boissinot

Serving military chaplains say a new directive preventing them from leading religious prayer during official functions is causing consternation in the ranks, and is due to the “woke mentality” taking over their organization.

On Oct. 11, a month before Remembrance Day, one of the most important military ceremonies, the Office of the Chaplain General issued a new policy that replaces public prayer with non-religious “spiritual reflections.”