In March, the Associated Press published a story looking at how the Navy is employing more chaplains with the hope of helping to stem the rising tide of suicides by sailors. Father Jim Hinkle, a Catholic priest and an active-duty chaplain for
The commander of U.S. Navy Region Southwest in San Diego announced late Sept. 8 that for at least the next year, she was reversing her earlier decision to end Catholic services on three Navy bases.
The San Diego Union-Tribune daily newspaper reported Sept.
A prohibition by some U.S. Navy commands against active service members participating in off-base indoor religious services over coronavirus fears has now been revised, allowing attendance at places of worship where congregants can maintain social distance and wear face coverings.
But when the