Serving God and country

Karen Mahoney reports Special to your Catholic Herald. While Catholics are about 24% of the U.S. population, she says about 30% of the military is Catholic.

“The percentage of Catholics is a bit higher in the officer corps, maybe just over 30 percent, but even higher in the Marine Corps general population, perhaps in the 40 percentile,” said David Levite, vice chancellor of the Military Archdiocese.