According to Chaplain (Maj. Gen.) Douglas L. Carver, the Army's new chief of chaplains, chaplains in today's Army are more important than any time since World War II.

Chaplains serve in hospitals, hospices and manufacturing plants, and while chaplaincy researchers see commonalities among ...

The chaplains at the Garrison Church are also using their network to help supply the troops. “We have a lack of first aid for soldiers, lack of clothes.

The Four Chaplains Story The 368-foot steamship Dorchester, operated by the War Shipping Administration, was part of a convoy that left New York in January 1943 bound for the Army Command Base at ...

February 3 marks the anniversary of the sinking of the United States Army Transport Dorchester and the selfless acts of four Army chaplains aboard during World War II. The 368-foot steamship ...

With war raging this Christmas weekend, Jacki Lyden speaks with three people who minister to the wounded in war zones. Dr. Najib Hanoudi is an eye surgeon in Baghdad; Air Force Maj. Janis Dashner ...

At the outbreak of war in 1914, the British army had 23 military chaplains. By the end of the conflict, four years later, 800 priests had ministered to the soldiers, sailors and airmen fighting ...

There were 8,141 Army chaplains on active duty as that war ended in 1945; by the end of 1947, only a little more than 1,100 remained. Nearly 500 of those transferred to the recently-established U ...

And it sets this group of military chaplains apart from their predecessors in the Vietnam War era, the last period of sustained American combat overseas.A recent doctoral dissertation by Vance P ...

Church of England praying for peace but preparing for war The Church’s parliament – officially known as the General Synod – will hear from a senior military figure when it meets next month.