
Archbishop Broglio Issues Statement on VA Termination of Abortion Services
Archbishop Broglio has issued a statement on Friday’s decision by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to revoke a 2022 rule that allowed access to abortions:

Archbishop Broglio has issued a statement on Friday’s decision by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to revoke a 2022 rule that allowed access to abortions:

Donors surpassed the $80,000 goal in this year’s annual Day of Giving for the Archdiocese. The AMS gratefully accepted more than $95,000 from 337 donors on July 21, its 40th birthday.

Join Archbishop Broglio at the annual Memorial Mass for Father Capodanno at 6:30 p.m. ET on Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025, in the Crypt Church of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception.

The Most Reverend Gregg M. Caggianelli was ordained in Boynton Beach, FL, at Saint Vincent De Paul Regional Seminary, where the new bishop—an active reservist and colonel in the United States Air Force—has served for years as a priest, professor and administrator.

Archbishop Broglio has issued the following statement on the election of Pope Leo XIV:

The 31st Annual Memorial Mass took place on Sunday, May 18, 2025, at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington DC.

WASHINGTON, DC — Father Gregg M. Caggianelli, Ch, Col, USAF, will be ordained an Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA (AMS), on Friday, May 9, in the main chapel of Saint Vincent de Paul Seminary in Boynton Beach where he has served for many years. His Excellency, the Most Reverend Timothy P. Broglio, J.C.D., Archbishop for the Military Services, will celebrate the 2:00 p.m. (ET) ordination Mass.

At the annual Chrism Mass on Tuesday, 8 April, at 6:00 p.m., Archbishop Broglio will bless and consecrate sacred oils for sacramental use over the coming year. The Chrism Mass is open to the public, and the faithful of the Archdiocese are encouraged to participate.

On Sunday, March 9, 17 U.S. Military-affiliated catechumens participated in the Rite of Election, the penultimate milestone of OCIA, the process of coming into communion with the Church through the sacraments of baptism, confirmation, and the Eucharist at Easter.

Nearly 150 U.S. Military personnel, patients, hospital staff, and others gathered for Ash Wednesday Mass at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, which took place soon after Archbishop Broglio brought ashes and Holy Communion to bedridden patients in their rooms.

Pope Francis has authorized the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints to promulgate a decree that Father Kapaun “offered his life” prematurely out of Christian charity. The decree opens the path forward for Father Kapaun’s Beatification.

The pontifical appointment of Father Gregg M. Caggianelli, Ch Col USAF, a nearly 30-year veteran of the United States Air Force, brings to five the total number of auxiliary bishops serving under Archbishop Broglio.
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