Are there enough chaplains for the estimated 250,000 Catholics — 25% percent of the U.S. armed forces — serving worldwide?
Military
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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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ARLINGTON, Va. (OSV News) — She’s played the organ for U.S. presidents, Supreme Court justices and military veterans being interred at Arlington National Cemetery. She’s performed at the Kennedy Center in …
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ROME (CNS) — A group of U.S. pilgrims who crossed the threshold of the Holy Door at the Basilica of St. Mary Major Feb. 6 have traveled the world on …
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WASHINGTON (OSV News) — When Una Johnson arrived in the fall of 2023 at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, from her home in Washington state, she was struck by …
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WASHINGTON (OSV News) — The Senate on Dec. 18 passed a massive annual defense policy bill despite controversy over language added by House Republicans banning certain types of medical or …
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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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Washington Roundup: Harris/Walz CNN sitdown; Army rebukes Trump; MLK Jr. remembered
by Kate Scanlonby Kate ScanlonWASHINGTON (OSV News) — Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, gave their first joint interview Aug. 29. The U.S. Army …
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US military disavows soldier training class claiming pro-life groups are terrorist actors
by Kurt Jensenby Kurt Jensen(OSV News) — Womack Army Medical Center at Fort Liberty, formerly Fort Bragg, in North Carolina offers pregnancy care and contraceptives, but not abortions. So when a routine training class …
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PARIS (OSV News) — The Catholic Church in France prepares to commemorate the 80th anniversary of Normandy landings June 6, a date known as D-Day that marked the beginning of …