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In the final moments of the Oryoku Maru, an American military chaplain saw the lifeless body of a Maj.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

After confiding in a padre - a military chaplain - the 56-year-old says she was reported to bosses and admitted to hospital, where she was held in isolation.

From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026

While the military does not enforce or evaluate religious belief, its internal classification systems help determine how resources are allocated and how chaplain support is structured across bases and deployments.

From Salon ● Jun. 6, 2026

Back on the recovery ship, he sought out the chaplain, needing a way to express what he had experienced that science had not given him.

From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2026

The chaplain looked down his arm with surprise at the plum tomato Colonel Cathcart had invited him to take.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

Leo’s speech to Italian military chaplains last month suggested he isn’t a pacifist.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 2026

The Pentagon in recent decades has welcomed a diversity of faiths, with chaplains tasked more with offering personal comfort and guidance than on blessing leaders' decisions.

From Barron's ● Apr. 3, 2026

Elizabeth Diop and Adam Allen, now both former Cincinnati Children’s Hospital chaplains, have been outspoken in their support for their former colleague.

From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2025

There are physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses, chaplains, social workers, volunteers, and aides to come sit and say, It’s OK to be scared, it’s OK to worry, it’s OK to say goodbye.

From Slate ● Apr. 22, 2025

Mostly, though, the chaplains simply sit next to people in silence.

From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper