Essay: The US Navy needs more chaplains
All three US sea services want and need more chaplains, writes Rear Admiral GREGORY N TODD, chief of US Navy Chaplains. But, he says in an article published by Religion News Service, the recruiting deficit is extreme…
Chaplains made part of Ukraine’s military as war drags on
Kyiv, Ukraine AP To the haunting chants of a church choir in Kyiv’s 11th century Saint Sophia Cathedral, the first group of chaplains to join the Ukrainian military’s command structure graduated in a ceremony Saturday. Heads of church organisations bless Ukrainian military chaplains during the official ceremony of presenting certificates at Saint Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine, […]
Offering “spiritual help”: Burkina Faso’s army chaplains tested by extremist conflict
SAM MEDNICK, of Associated Press, reports from West Africa on the challenges facing military chaplains amid ongoing conflict…
US military chaplains pivot to serve soldiers in virus outbreak
Fort Bragg, North CarolinaAP Major Brian Minietta’s eyes are locked down the barrel of a camera lens. He sways gently back and forth in silence, then his gruff voice belts out, in singsong: “A little patience…yeah, yeah!” He finishes the chorus – it’s the 1989 Guns N’ Roses hit Patience. And he tells the Green […]