(RNS) — “My religion is watching CNN,” a feisty elderly woman with cancer recently told a hospital chaplain who had knocked on the patient’s door to introduce himself. The patient, in a thin blue ...

While doctors treat illness and mend the body, hospital chaplains heal the spirit and soothe the mind. Physicians and chaplains have a symbiotic relationship within the hospital walls. Memorial ...

In my medical training, I once treated a young woman with metastatic breast cancer, who looked up at me every day with sparkling blue eyes and hope. Unfortunately, despite treatment, her cancer spread ...

The other day while I was visiting patients, I had a lovely visit with an individual and their family member. They were politely asking me about being a chaplain, and the loved one said, “I bet you ...

UnityPoint Health-Meriter runs one of nine chaplain training programs in Wisconsin through APCE, a national agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Other programs are at Aurora Health ...

WASHINGTON, DC – In a Los Angeles hospital, a frail, hospitalized Hindu woman faced a difficult decision. She needed a blood transfusion but had religious concerns about the procedure. Desperate for ...