An Oklahoma faith coalition is sounding the alarm about several proposed bills that would allow public schools to hire faith-based chaplains or accept them as volunteers without requiring ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Osceola County schools soon may allow religious chaplains to counsel their students, a move made possible by a new Florida law.

Senate Bill 525, brought by Sen. Theresa Manzella, R-Hamilton, would allow — though not require — chaplains to either be paid by or volunteer at school districts to provide support, services and ...

Sometimes the remarkable thing is what didn’t happen. Last year, the Legislature passed a bill allowing public school districts to bring in religious chaplains to provide counseling services — a ...

A new law that will open the door for chaplains in Florida schools has reignited a culture-war debate about the incorporation of religious values into the state’s public education system. Beginning ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Wedged into a recliner in the corner of her assisted living apartment in Portland, Skylar Freimann, who has a terminal heart condition and pulmonary illness, anxiously eyed her ...

An area chaplain program provides critical incident stress management to emergency services personnel while providing comfort and support to individuals affected by a traumatic event, including ...

Eighty-six chaplains have been certified to offer first responders spiritual and practical support as part of a state-wide ...