(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 ...

While doctors treat illness and mend the body, hospital chaplains heal the spirit and soothe the mind. Physicians and chaplains have a symbiotic relationship within the hospital walls. Memorial ...

The other day while I was visiting patients, I had a lovely visit with an individual and their family member. They were politely asking me about being a chaplain, and the loved one said, “I bet you ...

In my medical training, I once treated a young woman with metastatic breast cancer, who looked up at me every day with sparkling blue eyes and hope. Unfortunately, despite treatment, her cancer spread ...

The Rev. Nace Lanier was at home Wednesday evening (Jan. 29) watching a movie with his family when he received an emergency text from Washington's Ronald Reagan National Airport, where he is senior ...

WASHINGTON, DC – In a Los Angeles hospital, a frail, hospitalized Hindu woman faced a difficult decision. She needed a blood transfusion but had religious concerns about the procedure. Desperate for ...