Chaplain Brian Minietta On Moral Injury

Catholic Military Life

At a noisy sidewalk café in Lourdes, France, the Reverend Brian Minietta, CH (MAJ), USA, recalls his first pilgrimage with the Warriors to Lourdes in 2016 when he encountered a veteran suffering moral injury from having shot and killed an enemy combatant in Iraq who, though armed, turned out to be a child. In this edition of Catholic Military Life, the only official podcast of the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA, Chaplain Minietta shares how he helped the vet overcome his sense of shame and alienation.