If this is true, and the RC priests refuse to give the sacraments because of a government order then they’re even more culpable than those giving the orders.
You are exactly right.
We’re going to go there? Really?
The Archdiocese would never refuse to give a sacrament in a war zone out of fear of the enemy.
In this case, the Archdiocese, which has rules and regs that honor the Govt WHILE it prioritizes Its Canon Law, will defer to a local parish.
All Masses and services on base are subject as is the medical system, and the commissary, to being shut down and patrons are warned to have a backup.
The priests are horrified about this, but it is, ironically, the civilian electorate which has leadership of the military. The DOD Chief is a civilian.
Please, call your congressmen and tell them, who are in charge of representing you and your military, that you won’t stand for this.
The priests and the military deserve a boatload more than blame.
UGH
Many posters seem to think these priests reside on base and are passively taking hiatus from there priestly duty, uninterested, disengaged.
They can not even ENTER the base to perform all these heroics you expect of them. Every priest celebrates Holy Mass wherever he is, and even alone if no one comes. The Mass does not require an audience, a “congregation” to see it unfold, as the priest makes sacrifice.