The Rev. Peggy Kelley, a Protestant chaplain, hugs nurse Jillian Katz, who is Orthodox Jewish, this month at Cedars-Sinai hospital in Los Angeles. (Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times) Before entering ...

A Christian hospital chaplain who regularly counsels patients on their deathbeds shared with Insider the things that people worry about most before they die. He said that due to his job, he has "death ...

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Offering comforting words and prayers during the pandemic as a hospital chaplain is an experience unlike any other. “Holy and gracious God we take this time to affirm the love that ...

Personal tragedy led the Rev. John Hyter to make it his life’s mission to counsel the living through their grief.

3 ROB ALEXANDRA THE PANDEMIC COULD TESTHE T FAITH OF EVEN THE MOST FAITHFUL BUT ONE HOSPITAL CHAPLAIN TELLS ME SEEINGHE T DEDICATION OF HIS COLLEAGUES HAS DONE NOTHING BUT GIVE HIM STRENGTH. CHAPLAINS ...

The holidays can be a tough time, especially after losing a loved one. “It seems like it hits us bigger because it’s ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) – Hospital spiritual care teams are working on overdrive helping patients, families and staff get through COVID-19 illnesses. Rabbi Elena Stein and a team of chaplains at the Jewish ...

The author, pager at her side and Bible in hand. “Asking for a Bible,” she says of patients, “is summoning someone to listen.” I never thought I’d carry a pager. I had decided against medical school ...

Before entering the room of a COVID-19 patient, the Rev. Peggy Kelley dons personal protective gear — both physical and spiritual. She pulls on a sterile gown and places a face shield over her mask.