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German military to appoint Jewish chaplains and open forces to Muslim imams, too
By Tom Heneghan — April 5, 2019
(RNS) — After the Holocaust, Jewish males born in postwar Germany were exempted from military service, but about 300 volunteers are now in uniform.
Real-life chaplain behind ‘Indivisible’ movie on confronting war in field, at home
By Adelle M. Banks — October 25, 2018
(RNS) — Darren Turner, the active-duty chaplain depicted in the film, talks about the stresses on military families, the roles of chaplains and coping with faith and doubt.
House chaplain retracts resignation, presses Speaker Ryan to let him remain in post
By Yonat Shimron — May 3, 2018
WASHINGTON (USA Today) — Conroy said he initially felt he had “little choice to resign,” but he has now reconsidered – especially in light of comments Ryan made that he fired the chaplain because his "pastoral services were not being adequately served, or offered."
In recognizing multiple faiths, the US military moves beyond its shameful past
By Yonat Shimron — June 2, 2017
(RNS) For many years, there were only three kinds of religious 'toothpaste' in the military: Judaism, Catholicism and Protestantism.
Skyping with spirit: Chaplains use computers to support the seriously ill
By Reuters — August 16, 2015
Chaplains of diverse affiliations across the country respond to requests for support within 24 hours. "We face our own frailty, and people want an answer and to be able to talk it out," said one chaplaincy service executive.
Chaplain violated Army rule in promoting Christian book
By Tom Vanden Brook — June 12, 2015
WASHINGTON — An active-duty Army chaplain has published a book titled "Jesus Was an Airborne Ranger" and appeared in a video in uniform to promote it, raising questions about the service endorsing Christianity as the Pentagon wages wars in Muslim countries.
United Airlines apologizes to Muslim chaplain for soda incident
By Reuters — June 4, 2015
(Reuters) Ahmad said the flight attendant had discriminated against her when the attendant refused her request for an unopened can of Diet Coke, saying it could be used as a weapon, yet gave the man sitting next to her an unopened can of beer.
Navy faces suit over denying humanist chaplain
By Adelle M. Banks — November 6, 2014
(RNS) The suit charges that the Navy inconsistently requires accommodation of religious practices for sailors while not permitting a humanist chaplain because “the Navy does not consider Humanism to be a religion.”
Navy rejects request for first humanist chaplain
By Adelle M. Banks — June 3, 2014
(RNS) The Navy has rejected a request to commission its first humanist chaplain.
Five questions for transgender chaplain Cameron Partridge
By Lauren Markoe — July 19, 2013
(RNS) Episcopal chaplain Rev. Cameron Partridge talks about his journey from being a woman to a man, the limits of transgender "before-and-after" stories and why Harvard Divinity School and Anglicanism feel like home.
Possible saint gets a big military honor from White House
By Caleb K. Bell — April 9, 2013
WASHINGTON (RNS) President Obama will award the Medal of Honor this week to an Army chaplain who died in a POW camp during the Korean War -- a pretty big deal if Emil Kapaun wasn't already a candidate for sainthood
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