Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Rev. Peggy Kelley, a Protestant chaplain, hugs nurse Jillian Katz, who is Orthodox Jewish, this month at Cedars-Sinai hospital ...

A Christian hospital chaplain who regularly counsels patients on their deathbeds shared with Insider the things that people worry about most before they die. He said that due to his job, he has "death ...

(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 ...

When the Rev. Dale Cudjoe looks back on his workday as a chaplain for Methodist Hospitals he says knowing he maybe was able to help one person through this tough time keeps him going. “It’s just a joy ...

For our series "Outbreak Voices," hospital chaplain Stephanie Ramos of Los Angeles recounts what two years of her ministry has been like, comforting the sick and grieving affected by COVID-19. It was ...

Father Andrew Menke, executive director of the U.S. bishops’ Secretariat of Divine Worship, said that he hopes the potential new prayer book will be helpful for laypeople who want to minister to the ...

Chaplain Brent Raitz became Jennifer Manges' "guardian angel" when her fiancé Erik was given a 5% chance of survival An Ohio hospital chaplain was there for a woman in the darkest hours of her ...

As sunlight streamed into the little chapel on a recent afternoon, the Rev. Jan Lee handed ukuleles to the group that had gathered, some wearing scrubs with plastic hair caps and booties while they ...

On his first day training as a chaplain at UC San Diego Health, Rev. Matthew Valdez was embedded with the palliative care team. His very first patient died. Shaken by the experience, Valdez ...

MINNEAPOLIS — The role of a hospital chaplain can be one that weighs heavily on one's shoulders. "I started my work last September, which means I'm doing this job like six months," Pastor Kazuhiro ...

Before entering the room of a COVID-19 patient, the Rev. Peggy Kelley dons personal protective gear — both physical and spiritual. She pulls on a sterile gown and places a face shield over her mask.