Pope Leo leads Stations of the Cross/Image: Video screenshot via the Vatican.Liberal Huffington Post breathlessly wrote about the Pentagon and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth allegedly “excluding Catholics” from Good Friday services.Jennifer Bendery, a senior politics reporter at the outlet, wrote that the Pentagon “invited more than 3,500 employees to attend a Good Friday service at its in-house chapel.”“Except it’s only for Protestants, not Catholics,” Bendery claimed.Was there not a single Catholic Bendery could have queried about religious traditions during the period surrounding Easter and Holy Week?And, in sharing the actual text from the Pentagon invitation, does she not understand sentence structure?Bendery shared a memo sent to staff by Air Force leadership that read, “Just a friendly reminder: There will be a Protestant Service (No Catholic Mass) for Good Friday today at the Pentagon Chapel.”“No Catholic Mass” does not exclude Catholics; it simply notes that a Catholic Mass is not being held. Why? Because Catholics traditionally do not attend Mass on Good Friday.Catholic Holy Week and Easter form the most sacred period in the liturgical year in the Catholic church, which commemorates the final days of Jesus Christ’s life, his Passion (suffering), death, and Resurrection.Holy Week begins on Palm Sunday and culminates in the Easter Triduum (the “Three Days”), a single unified celebration from the evening of Holy Thursday through Easter Sunday evening.Palm Sunday marks the start of Holy Week, recalling Jesus’ triumphant entry into Jerusalem, when crowds welcomed him with palm branches. In Catholic churches, a procession with blessed palm branches takes place at the beginning of Mass, and many families take the blessed palms home and display them, often woven into crosses. The palms are later burned to make ashes for the following year’s Ash Wednesday.Holy Thursday (Maundy Thursday) marks the beginning of the Easter Triduum. It commemorates the Last Supper, where Jesus instituted the Eucharist (the sacrament of his Body and Blood) and the priesthood, and washed the feet of his disciples as an example of humble service.Good Friday (The Passion of the Lord) is the most solemn day of the year — a day of mourning, fasting, and penance that commemorates Jesus’ crucifixion and death on the cross.It is a day of strict fasting and abstinence from meat for Catholics aged 14 and older, with some observing additional silence or prayer between noon and 3 p.m.Popular devotions include the Stations of the Cross (a meditation on 14 scenes from Jesus’ Passion) and processions or reenactments in some cultures. For the first time since Pope John Paul II, Pope Leo Pope personally carried the wooden cross himself through all 14 stations.But there is no Catholic Mass on Good Friday. The tabernacle is empty, and the altar remains bare.Holy Saturday in the evening is a high point of the Triduum — a symbol-rich liturgy that celebrates Christ’s Resurrection.On Easter Sunday, the Resurrection of the Lord, celebrated Christ’s victory over sin and death. Masses are joyful, including the return of the Alleluia in full force.Bendery’s take was universally mocked.Anybody here surprised that Jennifer doesn’t have a good working understanding of Catholicism?— L A R R Y (@LarryOConnor) April 3, 2026Oh no, us Catholics weren’t invited to something we normally wouldn’t go to. pic.twitter.com/ouXedoHywU— Livin’ in the new world with an old soul (@willisan) April 3, 2026The bad part isn’t that Jennifer did not know that Good Friday and Holy Saturday are the only two days that Catholics do not have mass.The bad part is that she didn’t do any research before reporting this “bombshell.”https://t.co/q6CGsZpNgg— Pudge (@pudgenet) April 3, 2026Watch Pope Leo and the Stations of the Cross:The post Liberal HuffPost Mocked for Article Claiming Pentagon ‘Excluded Catholics’ from Good Friday Service appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.