military chaplains

Aside from his heroic life and death, Father Doyle’s sense of humor, “warmth” and commitment to small daily life sacrifices also continues to attract people.

He was killed by enemy fire while trying to shield a wounded corpsman with his body during an attack by the North Vietnamese on Sept. 4, 1967.

The Army said the canceling of religious support contracts for Army chapels would be “reexamined” after the U.S. military archdiocese said it harms Catholics.