Are there enough chaplains for the estimated 250,000 Catholics — 25% percent of the U.S. armed forces — serving worldwide?
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‘A Love Letter to Chaplains’: Exhibit honors contributions of military chaplains in World War I
by Jack Figgeby Jack FiggeOpened in May 2024, the Sacred Service exhibit commemorates and educates visitors on the critical service that chaplains played during the First World War.
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For three decades, Bishop Gregg M. Caggianelli served in the military as a chaplain and active reservist, earning the rank of colonel in the U.S. Air Force.
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Providence allowed airport chaplains to be available to help Delta crash victims, priest says
by Luke Mandatoby Luke MandatoTORONTO (OSV News) — Father John Mullins wasn’t at his normal posting at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport when his phone delivered the breaking news of the Delta Air Lines crash as …
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What it takes to be a military chaplain: ‘It’s a call within a call,’ says priest
by Jack Figgeby Jack Figge(OSV News) — A small group of priests serve one of the largest archdioceses in the United States. But their parish could be as far away as a military base …
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PARIS (OSV News) — The multifaith center that came to life in the Olympic Village along with the July 26 opening of the Olympic Games has a real champion overseeing …
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BETHESDA, Md. (OSV News) — Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio of the U.S. Archdiocese for Military Services has called a decision by a U.S. military hospital to end its Catholic pastoral …
