<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - chaplains</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/chaplains</link><description>Newsvine - chaplains</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2013 19:30:05 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 13:52:48 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>California may have to hire Wiccan chaplain</title>
<description><![CDATA[California prisons hire full-time chaplains and spiritual leaders to serve Catholic, Muslim, Jewish, Protestant and Native American inmates.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Elias]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Paul Elias]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/20/17032726-california-may-have-to-hire-wiccan-chaplain</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/20/17032726-california-may-have-to-hire-wiccan-chaplain</guid><category>us</category><category>inmates</category><category>us-news</category><category>chaplains</category><category>wiccan</category><category>native-american</category><category>salaried</category><category>wiccan-inmates</category><pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2013 19:17:45 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Stanford University's humanist chaplain is proof of 'evangelical atheism'</title>
<description><![CDATA[NATHAN Harden, editor of the online US student magazine College Fix, is appalled that Stanford University has appointed an atheist &ndash; John Figdor &ndash; as a chaplain:

You would think that, of all people, atheists would be the last ones in need of chaplains.

He added:]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[proglib]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[proglib]]></source><link>http://proglib.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/01/16289146-stanford-universitys-humanist-chaplain-is-proof-of-evangelical-atheism</link><guid>http://proglib.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/01/16289146-stanford-universitys-humanist-chaplain-is-proof-of-evangelical-atheism</guid><category>stanford</category><category>religion</category><category>christians</category><category>chaplains</category><category>atheists</category><category>agnostics</category><category>humanists</category><pubDate>Wed, 2 Jan 2013 01:30:48 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Court lets Navy chaplains pursue bias complaint</title>
<description><![CDATA[Evangelical Protestant chaplains who claim the Navy discriminates against them have won a second chance to obtain a quick court order against practices they say favor mainline Protestant and Roman Catholic chaplains for promotion.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Frederic J. Frommer]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Frederic J. Frommer]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/02/14884856-court-lets-navy-chaplains-pursue-bias-complaint</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/02/14884856-court-lets-navy-chaplains-pursue-bias-complaint</guid><category>us</category><category>navy</category><category>lawsuit</category><category>politics</category><category>roman-catholic</category><category>chaplains</category><category>evangelical-protestant</category><pubDate>Fri, 2 Nov 2012 18:13:54 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Survey: Religious conversion common in jail</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/22/10817266-survey-religious-conversion-common-in-jail</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/22/10817266-survey-religious-conversion-common-in-jail</guid><category>life</category><category>religion</category><category>americas</category><category>prison</category><category>chaplains</category><category>public-life</category><category>pew</category><category>pew-forum</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 23:08:51 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Army Silences Catholic Chaplains </title>
<description><![CDATA[The Obama administration has been accused of telling Catholic military chaplains what they can and cannot say from their pulpits after the Army ordered Catholic chaplains not to read a letter to parishioners from their archbishop.
The Secretary of the Army feared the letter coul&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Cornhusker4Palin]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Cornhusker4Palin]]></source><link>http://cornhusker4palin.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/07/10336208-army-silences-catholic-chaplains</link><guid>http://cornhusker4palin.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/07/10336208-army-silences-catholic-chaplains</guid><category>politics</category><category>military</category><category>free-speech</category><category>obama</category><category>catholics</category><category>censorship</category><category>chaplains</category><category>fox-nation</category><pubDate>Tue, 7 Feb 2012 05:13:02 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Plaque for Jewish chaplains dedicated at Arlington</title>
<description><![CDATA[A memorial to 14 Jewish chaplains who died during active military service was dedicated Monday at Arlington National Cemetery, joining memorials to Protestant and Roman Catholic chaplains that had been in place for decades.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Matthew Barakat]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Matthew Barakat]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/23/8464669-plaque-for-jewish-chaplains-dedicated-at-arlington</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/23/8464669-plaque-for-jewish-chaplains-dedicated-at-arlington</guid><category>us</category><category>roman-catholic</category><category>us-news</category><category>arlington</category><category>chaplains</category><category>arlington-national-cemetery</category><category>jewish-chaplains</category><pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 00:09:49 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/b714155a-2784-4e16-898c-2360729c7d70.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="269" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/b714155a-2784-4e16-898c-2360729c7d70.jpg" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The Jewish Chaplains Memorial is seen on Chaplains Hill at at Arlington, National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Monday, Oct., 24, 2011,following a memorial dedication service for the 14 Jewish chaplains who have died in service. The names of the fallen Protestant and Catholic chaplains have been recognized on Chaplains Hill in Arlington Cemetery and now there is a monument for the Jewish chaplains. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/6b3bac8c-37fd-4a35-9453-b1e2e52ba4dc.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="293" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/6b3bac8c-37fd-4a35-9453-b1e2e52ba4dc.jpg" width="120" height="88" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Members of a Military Cadet school bow their heads in a moment of silence during the memorial dedication for the 14 Jewish chaplains who have died in service, Monday, Oct. 254, 2011, at Arlington, National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. The names of the fallen Protestant and Catholic chaplains have been recognized on Chaplains Hill in Arlington Cemetery and now a monument will be unveiled for the Jewish chaplains. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/ec14346e-9428-4a78-b844-3149a16c7951.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="317" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/ec14346e-9428-4a78-b844-3149a16c7951.jpg" width="120" height="194" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Democratic National Committee Chair, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., speaks during the memorial dedication ceremony for the 14 Jewish chaplains who have died in service, Monday, Oct. 24, 2011, at Arlington, National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. The names of the fallen Protestant and Catholic chaplains have been recognized on Chaplains Hill in Arlington Cemetery and now  monument will be unveiled for the Jewish chaplains. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/47329a9a-5e98-4e31-9166-76469edb0e61.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="273" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/47329a9a-5e98-4e31-9166-76469edb0e61.jpg" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Rep. Jeff Miller, R-Fla., speaks during the memorial dedication ceremony for the 14 Jewish chaplains who have died in service, Monday, Oct. 24, 2011, at Arlington, National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. The names of the fallen Protestant and Catholic chaplains have been recognized on Chaplains Hill in Arlington Cemetery and now  monument will be unveiled for the Jewish chaplains. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/b6333fc8-cfe5-42ec-8812-ddd0fdf8d803.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="279" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/b6333fc8-cfe5-42ec-8812-ddd0fdf8d803.jpg" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The Jewish Chaplains Memorial, right, is seen on Chaplains Hill at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Monday, Oct., 24, 2011, following a  memorial dedication service for the 14 Jewish chaplains who have died in service,. The names of the fallen Protestant and Catholic chaplains have been recognized on Chaplains Hill in Arlington Cemetery and now there is a monument for the Jewish chaplains. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/78d6f68a-96f4-4a68-beda-933b44c3389e.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="327" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/78d6f68a-96f4-4a68-beda-933b44c3389e.jpg" width="120" height="188" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Rep. Jeff Miller, R-Fla., speaks during the memorial dedication ceremony for the 14 Jewish chaplains who have died in service, Monday, Oct. 24, 2011, at Arlington, National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. The names of the fallen Protestant and Catholic chaplains have been recognized on Chaplains Hill in Arlington Cemetery and now a monument will be unveiled for the Jewish chaplains. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Church chaplains &amp; proselytizing: Oz State School religion classes probed</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Age reports that "The Christian group that provides religious education and chaplains  in  Victorian government schools will be investigated after its chief  executive told a conference: ''We need to go and make disciples'' - yet such proselytizing is banned by Government gui&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gideon Polya]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Gideon Polya]]></source><link>http://gpolya.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/12/6633589-church-chaplains-proselytizing-oz-state-school-religion-classes-probed</link><guid>http://gpolya.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/12/6633589-church-chaplains-proselytizing-oz-state-school-religion-classes-probed</guid><category>us</category><category>church</category><category>state</category><category>america</category><category>children</category><category>australia</category><category>racism</category><category>child-abuse</category><category>world-news</category><category>chaplains</category><category>brainwashing</category><category>dogma</category><category>secular</category><category>oz</category><category>humanism</category><pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2011 22:54:52 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Military Chaplains for Atheists?</title>
<description><![CDATA[Atheists are pushing for the military to have chaplains for atheists in the military. Uhm, we already have them. They're called chaplains. An atheist has as much right to go see a chaplain as anyone else.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Driftwood1]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Driftwood1]]></source><link>http://driftwood1.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/27/6546060-military-chaplains-for-atheists</link><guid>http://driftwood1.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/27/6546060-military-chaplains-for-atheists</guid><category>religion</category><category>military</category><category>opinion</category><category>chaplains</category><category>secular</category><category>atheists</category><category>humanists</category><pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2011 00:16:54 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Bill aims to honor Jewish chaplains at Arlington</title>
<description><![CDATA[Vera Silberberg was almost 4 when her father, a military chaplain, was killed in a plane crash in Vietnam while flying to observe Hanukkah with Jewish soldiers.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eric Tucker]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Eric Tucker]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/20/6500236-bill-aims-to-honor-jewish-chaplains-at-arlington</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/20/6500236-bill-aims-to-honor-jewish-chaplains-at-arlington</guid><category>us</category><category>world-war-ii</category><category>us-news</category><category>arlington</category><category>chaplains</category><category>arlington-national-cemetery</category><category>rel</category><category>jewish-chaplains</category><category>vera-silberberg</category><pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 09:43:50 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/5fe89d22-2bba-4a92-bf7b-5b09d6ffd900.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="279" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/5fe89d22-2bba-4a92-bf7b-5b09d6ffd900.jpg" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo taken Thursday, April 7, 2011, in Burbank, Calif., dentist Vera Silberberg poses with a photo of her father, Rabbi Morton Singer, killed during the Vietnam War. Capt. Singer is one of the 13 U.S. Army Chaplains to be honored on a monument at Arlington National Cemetery for Jewish chaplains. Silberberg was almost 4 when her father, a military chaplain, was killed in a plane crash in Vietnam while flying to observe Hanukkah with Jewish soldiers. He was serious in his commitment to help American soldiers worship in wartime. Yet his name,  and those of 12 other Jewish clergymen, are absent from monuments at Arlington National Cemetery that honor more than 240 other fallen military chaplains. A new congressional effort backed by Jewish groups and survivors of the chaplains aims to change that. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/398c28ca-d35b-4e1c-8d13-fdf310b4ea28.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="349" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/398c28ca-d35b-4e1c-8d13-fdf310b4ea28.jpg" width="120" height="176" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo released by the Silberberg family, Rabbi Morton Singer is seen in this 1968 photo in his Army chaplain uniform at Fort Sill, Okla. Singer was killed in a plane crash in Vietnam while flying to observe Hanukkah with Jewish soldiers. He was serious in his commitment to help American soldiers worship in wartime. Yet his name,  and those of 12 other Jewish clergymen, are absent from monuments at Arlington National Cemetery that honor more than 240 other fallen military chaplains. A new congressional effort backed by Jewish groups and survivors of the chaplains aims to change that.  (AP Photo/Silberberg Family)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/2a240512-1291-4fff-a4f7-61b0c9ea9aaf.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="258" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/2a240512-1291-4fff-a4f7-61b0c9ea9aaf.jpg" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo taken Thursday, April 7, 2011, in Burbank, Calif., a memorial collage made with a family photo of the Vietnam Veterans' imprint for Rabbi Morton Singer. Singer was killed in a plane crash in Vietnam while flying to observe Hanukkah with Jewish soldiers. He was serious in his commitment to help American soldiers worship in wartime. Yet his name,  and those of 12 other Jewish clergymen, are absent from monuments at Arlington National Cemetery that honor more than 240 other fallen military chaplains. A new congressional effort backed by Jewish groups and survivors of the chaplains aims to change that.  (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/6e79698a-8054-41d5-89f3-b4b67023cde8.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/6e79698a-8054-41d5-89f3-b4b67023cde8.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo taken Thursday, April 7, 2011, in Burbank, Calif., dentist Vera Silberberg holds her father, Rabbi Morton Singer's Army chaplain insignias. Silberberg was almost 4 when her father, a military chaplain, was killed in a plane crash in Vietnam while flying to observe Hanukkah with Jewish soldiers. He was serious in his commitment to help American soldiers worship in wartime. Yet his name,  and those of 12 other Jewish clergymen, are absent from monuments at Arlington National Cemetery that honor more than 240 other fallen military chaplains. A new congressional effort backed by Jewish groups and survivors of the chaplains aims to change that.  (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/60b03efe-6e15-4fef-9f7a-8c23246a560f.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/60b03efe-6e15-4fef-9f7a-8c23246a560f.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this family photo released by the Silberberg family, Rabbi Morton Singer, right, is seen in 1968 at Fort Sill, Okla. Singer was killed in a plane crash in Vietnam while flying to observe Hanukkah with Jewish soldiers. He was serious in his commitment to help American soldiers worship in wartime. Yet his name, and those of 12 other Jewish clergymen, are absent from monuments at Arlington National Cemetery that honor more than 240 other fallen military chaplains. A new congressional effort backed by Jewish groups and survivors of the chaplains aims to change that.  (AP Photo/Silberberg Family)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/fac965f8-e5b6-43d8-a3a7-56c7d15809c5.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="346" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/fac965f8-e5b6-43d8-a3a7-56c7d15809c5.jpg" width="120" height="178" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo taken Thursday, April 7, 2011, in Burbank, Calif., dentist Vera Silberberg poses with a photo of her father, Rabbi Morton Singer, killed during the Vietnam War. Capt. Singer is one of the 13 U.S. Army Chaplains to be honored on a monument at Arlington National Cemetery for Jewish chaplains. Silberberg was almost 4 when her father, a military chaplain, was killed in a plane crash in Vietnam while flying to observe Hanukkah with Jewish soldiers. He was serious in his commitment to help American soldiers worship in wartime. Yet his name,  and those of 12 other Jewish clergymen, are absent from monuments at Arlington National Cemetery that honor more than 240 other fallen military chaplains. A new congressional effort backed by Jewish groups and survivors of the chaplains aims to change that. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Harshest Critic Of DADT Repeal: No Indication Of Troops Leaving Services Over Policy Change </title>
<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, AOL's Andrea Stone reports that Amos is further distancing himself from his past criticisms, telling reporters that repeal has not created the kind of disruptions that he (and many Republicans) had predicted]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[jade-log]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[jade-log]]></source><link>http://jade-log.newsvine.com/_news/2011/02/19/6089480-harshest-critic-of-dadt-repeal-no-indication-of-troops-leaving-services-over-policy-change</link><guid>http://jade-log.newsvine.com/_news/2011/02/19/6089480-harshest-critic-of-dadt-repeal-no-indication-of-troops-leaving-services-over-policy-change</guid><category>afghanistan</category><category>politics</category><category>marines</category><category>mccain</category><category>republicans</category><category>chaplains</category><category>dadt</category><category>counselors</category><category>military-lawyers</category><category>james-amos</category><category>three-star-generals</category><pubDate>Sat, 19 Feb 2011 23:30:47 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Chaplains try a new path to deal with PTSD</title>
<description><![CDATA[A Colorado theology school is teaching Air Force chaplains to consider the religious beliefs of servicemen and women to better help them cope with post-traumatic stress.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dan Elliott]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Dan Elliott]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/29/5947252-chaplains-try-a-new-path-to-deal-with-ptsd</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/29/5947252-chaplains-try-a-new-path-to-deal-with-ptsd</guid><category>us</category><category>air-force</category><category>us-news</category><category>stress</category><category>chaplains</category><category>traumatic</category><category>post-traumatic-stress</category><pubDate>Sat, 29 Jan 2011 17:00:40 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/7aefd4b3-f417-434b-98e2-34427a16034f.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="318" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/7aefd4b3-f417-434b-98e2-34427a16034f.jpg" width="120" height="96" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Carrie Doehring, an associated professor of pastoral care is pictured in a classroom at the Iliff School of Theology in Denver on Friday, Jan. 28, 2011, where she teaches chaplains to respond to the stress of deployments amid two protracted wars.   Doehring helped develop the  one-year program for the Air Force, which wanted another way for its  chaplains to respond to the stress of deployments amid two protracted wars. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/4607277c-8b5f-4841-8b29-8eeb4a0f61b7.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="318" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/4607277c-8b5f-4841-8b29-8eeb4a0f61b7.jpg" width="120" height="96" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Carrie Doehring, an associated professor of pastoral care is pictured in a classroom at the Iliff School of Theology in Denver on Friday, Jan. 28, 2011, where she teaches chaplains to respond to the stress of deployments amid two protracted wars.   Doehring helped develop the  one-year program for the Air Force, which wanted another way for its  chaplains to respond to the stress of deployments amid two protracted wars. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Retired chaplains warn against 'don't ask' repeal</title>
<description><![CDATA[Dozens of retired military chaplains say that serving both God and the U.S. armed forces will become impossible for chaplains whose faiths consider homosexuality a sin if the "don't ask, don't tell" policy is thrown out.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tom Breen]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Tom Breen]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/29/5373965-retired-chaplains-warn-against-dont-ask-repeal</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/29/5373965-retired-chaplains-warn-against-dont-ask-repeal</guid><category>us</category><category>gays</category><category>us-news</category><category>chaplains</category><category>military-chaplains</category><pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2010 18:23:31 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/a0de8d4c-9a8d-48a5-9441-6c0a3044fc4d.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="254" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/a0de8d4c-9a8d-48a5-9441-6c0a3044fc4d.jpg" width="120" height="76" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE -In this Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2005 file photo, Mikey Weinstein looks over paperwork in his Albuquerque, N.M., home. Dozens of retired military chaplains say that serving both God and the U.S. armed forces will become impossible for chaplains whose faiths consider homosexuality a sin if the &quot;don't ask, don't tell&quot; policy is thrown out. (AP Photo/Jake Schoellkopf)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Leading Oz analyst re Australian elections: &quot;Numbers row par for election course&quot;</title>
<description><![CDATA[Michelle Grattan: "If Abbott is under fire as a small target, Gillard finds herself being shot at from an unusual quarter. [fellow atheists] ...Then, who is not disappointed about something in this election? " ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gideon Polya]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Gideon Polya]]></source><link>http://gpolya.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/10/4854607-leading-oz-analyst-re-australian-elections-numbers-row-par-for-election-course</link><guid>http://gpolya.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/10/4854607-leading-oz-analyst-re-australian-elections-numbers-row-par-for-election-course</guid><category>us</category><category>elections</category><category>church</category><category>state</category><category>labor</category><category>australia</category><category>war</category><category>numbers</category><category>obama</category><category>coalition</category><category>world-news</category><category>chaplains</category><category>atheism</category><category>tony-abbott</category><category>oz</category><category>julia-gillard</category><category>mark-latham</category><pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 06:38:10 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Homophobic Lies in the the name of God, are still lies</title>
<description><![CDATA[There are times when religious right figures say things so nastily homophobic, so unbelievable that it's a waste to decipher the comment.

The only thing you can do is just allow the comment to speak for itself.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[EdisonEllis]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[EdisonEllis]]></source><link>http://edisonellis.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/07/4633737-homophobic-lies-in-the-the-name-of-god-are-still-lies</link><guid>http://edisonellis.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/07/4633737-homophobic-lies-in-the-the-name-of-god-are-still-lies</guid><category>politics</category><category>military</category><category>chaplains</category><category>dadt</category><category>anti-gay</category><category>defense-of-marriage</category><category>christian-values</category><category>washington-times</category><category>south-carolinas</category><category>rentboy</category><category>coral-ridge-minister</category><category>cross-dressing-military</category><category>holy-bullies</category><category>flora-high-school</category><category>andrew-sullivans</category><category>sc-governors</category><category>sc-pride-movement</category><pubDate>Thu, 8 Jul 2010 00:06:13 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Ending 'don't ask, don't tell' will undermine religious liberty and indoctrinate military into myths of the homosexual movement</title>
<description><![CDATA[The stand-alone bills that have been introduced to overturn the 1993 law, such as S. 3065, call explicitly for:]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carloz]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Carloz]]></source><link>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/02/4450067-ending-dont-ask-dont-tell-will-undermine-religious-liberty-and-indoctrinate-military-into-myths-of-the-homosexual-movement</link><guid>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/02/4450067-ending-dont-ask-dont-tell-will-undermine-religious-liberty-and-indoctrinate-military-into-myths-of-the-homosexual-movement</guid><category>human-rights</category><category>gay</category><category>politics</category><category>military</category><category>rights</category><category>civil-rights</category><category>gays</category><category>lesbian</category><category>gay-rights</category><category>cnn</category><category>homosexual</category><category>chaplains</category><category>homophobia</category><category>separation-of-church-and-state</category><category>us-military</category><category>queer</category><category>heterosexism</category><category>dadt</category><category>dont-ask-dont-tell</category><category>church-and-state</category><category>family-research-council</category><category>repeal</category><category>dominionism</category><category>military-chaplains</category><category>lesbian-rights</category><category>christianists</category><category>queer-rights</category><category>service-members</category><category>divorcing-church-and-state</category><category>right-wing-homobigots</category><pubDate>Wed, 2 Jun 2010 07:45:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Conservatives Say &quot;Don't Ask&quot; Repeal Would 'Steal Religious Freedom' From Military Chaplains </title>
<description><![CDATA[A group of social conservatives and retired military chaplains held a press conference in Washington today to argue that the repeal of the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy would have an adverse impact on the religious freedom and careers of military chaplains.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carloz]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Carloz]]></source><link>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2010/04/30/4224226-conservatives-say-dont-ask-repeal-would-steal-religious-freedom-from-military-chaplains</link><guid>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2010/04/30/4224226-conservatives-say-dont-ask-repeal-would-steal-religious-freedom-from-military-chaplains</guid><category>gay</category><category>military</category><category>gays</category><category>lesbian</category><category>us-news</category><category>homosexual</category><category>chaplains</category><category>queer</category><category>dadt</category><category>dont-ask-dont-tell</category><category>repeal</category><pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 09:53:32 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>First Buddhist Army chaplain is from Tennessee </title>
<description><![CDATA[Dyer's deployment is another step in the U.S. military's attempt to meet the diverse spiritual needs of America's fighting forces. It's no easy task. For one thing, the military chaplaincy is facing all the complications that have affected American religion over the past 40 years.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Angel_C]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Angel_C]]></source><link>http://onlynow99.newsvine.com/_news/2009/09/08/3237833-first-buddhist-army-chaplain-is-from-tennessee</link><guid>http://onlynow99.newsvine.com/_news/2009/09/08/3237833-first-buddhist-army-chaplain-is-from-tennessee</guid><category>religion</category><category>chaplains</category><category>spirituality</category><category>military-troops</category><category>pastors-to-the-troops</category><pubDate>Tue, 8 Sep 2009 15:37:44 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>The Humanist</title>
<description><![CDATA[KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan — Eline, a vivacious 30-year-old Dutch air force captain, has caused a bit of a flurry in certain circles at this bustling NATO base in the desert.

Eline is the padre who does not believe in God.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[hircus]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[hircus]]></source><link>http://hircus.newsvine.com/_news/2009/05/01/2759264-the-humanist</link><guid>http://hircus.newsvine.com/_news/2009/05/01/2759264-the-humanist</guid><category>religion</category><category>military</category><category>chaplains</category><category>christianity</category><category>humanist</category><pubDate>Fri, 1 May 2009 06:07:49 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Court won't hear appeals from Navy chaplains</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court has refused to get in the middle of a fight between the Navy and some of its chaplains over complaints that only Catholic chaplains were allowed to stay in the service long enough to get retirement pensions.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/04/06/2646956-court-wont-hear-appeals-from-navy-chaplains</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/04/06/2646956-court-wont-hear-appeals-from-navy-chaplains</guid><category>scotus</category><category>navy</category><category>politics</category><category>supreme-court</category><category>chaplains</category><pubDate>Mon, 6 Apr 2009 15:10:23 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Navy to Messianic Jewish Chaplains: Wear a Cross, not Tablets to Identify Your Faith</title>
<description><![CDATA[Fortunately already a policy in the Army and Air Force, word on the street is that the Chief of Naval Operations has issued a policy that Messianic "Jewish" chaplains will wear the cross and NOT the Jewish chaplain device.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[spiffie]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[spiffie]]></source><link>http://spiffie.newsvine.com/_news/2008/12/28/2251652-navy-to-messianic-jewish-chaplains-wear-a-cross-not-tablets-to-identify-your-faith</link><guid>http://spiffie.newsvine.com/_news/2008/12/28/2251652-navy-to-messianic-jewish-chaplains-wear-a-cross-not-tablets-to-identify-your-faith</guid><category>navy</category><category>military</category><category>jewish</category><category>jews</category><category>us-navy</category><category>us-news</category><category>chaplains</category><category>us-military</category><category>chaplaincy</category><category>messianic-jews</category><pubDate>Sun, 28 Dec 2008 07:17:23 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Navy Chaplain Who Called for Attack on Islam Finds His Credentials Under Scrutiny</title>
<description><![CDATA[According to the July 2005 issue of "Tower Notes," the newsletter of the Graduate Theological Foundation, where Waite is the Father Francis Duffy Professor of Military Chaplaincy, the Navy chaplain's official biography states that he holds two doctorates, a Ph.D.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[spiffie]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[spiffie]]></source><link>http://spiffie.newsvine.com/_news/2008/03/17/1372950-navy-chaplain-who-called-for-attack-on-islam-finds-his-credentials-under-scrutiny</link><guid>http://spiffie.newsvine.com/_news/2008/03/17/1372950-navy-chaplain-who-called-for-attack-on-islam-finds-his-credentials-under-scrutiny</guid><category>navy</category><category>politics</category><category>us-navy</category><category>higher-education</category><category>evangelicals</category><category>chaplains</category><category>evangelism</category><category>diploma-mills</category><category>brian-k-waite</category><pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 22:40:32 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Spiritual caregivers: Beyond physical healing - Salt Lake Tribune</title>
<description><![CDATA[ Chaplains working in Utah hospitals and hospices serve as the spiritual caregivers to those - of all faiths or of no faith at all - who are, oftentimes, the most vulnerable and scared. It's not an assignment for those of weak heart, mind or spirit.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[azsky13]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[azsky13]]></source><link>http://azsky13.newsvine.com/_news/2008/03/08/1352762-spiritual-caregivers-beyond-physical-healing-salt-lake-tribune</link><guid>http://azsky13.newsvine.com/_news/2008/03/08/1352762-spiritual-caregivers-beyond-physical-healing-salt-lake-tribune</guid><category>health</category><category>chaplains</category><category>caregivers</category><category>hospices</category><category>utah-hospitals</category><category>association-of-clinical-pastoral-education</category><pubDate>Sat, 8 Mar 2008 19:47:17 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Veteran Army chaplain: Evangelicals have filled Chaplain Corps ranks</title>
<description><![CDATA[The former Deputy Chief of Army Chaplains says despite the political correctness that is pervasive in today's military, the Army Chaplain Corps is dominated by evangelicals.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jarandhel]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jarandhel]]></source><link>http://jarandhel.newsvine.com/_news/2008/03/04/1341903-veteran-army-chaplain-evangelicals-have-filled-chaplain-corps-ranks</link><guid>http://jarandhel.newsvine.com/_news/2008/03/04/1341903-veteran-army-chaplain-evangelicals-have-filled-chaplain-corps-ranks</guid><category>religion</category><category>us-army</category><category>evangelicals</category><category>chaplains</category><category>us-military</category><category>dominionism</category><category>james-hutchens</category><category>army-chaplain-corps</category><pubDate>Tue, 4 Mar 2008 05:47:57 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>A Pastor Walks Into a Bar ... to Listen</title>
<description><![CDATA[Barflies, forget having to talk your troubles over with a bartender.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/01/26/1257327-a-pastor-walks-into-a-bar-to-listen</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/01/26/1257327-a-pastor-walks-into-a-bar-to-listen</guid><category>odd</category><category>us-news</category><category>chaplains</category><category>pub</category><pubDate>Sat, 26 Jan 2008 22:25:29 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Federal Bureau of Prisons to Remove Religious Works from Prison Chaplains' Libraries</title>
<description><![CDATA[In response to a 2004 report by the Office of the Inspector General in the Justice Department and in light of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) has instructed its prison chaplains to quietly remove "non-approved" faith books from chapel libraries.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[symbals]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[symbals]]></source><link>http://symbals.newsvine.com/_news/2007/09/12/958400-federal-bureau-of-prisons-to-remove-religious-works-from-prison-chaplains-libraries</link><guid>http://symbals.newsvine.com/_news/2007/09/12/958400-federal-bureau-of-prisons-to-remove-religious-works-from-prison-chaplains-libraries</guid><category>politics</category><category>federal-bureau</category><category>chaplains</category><category>mark-earley</category><category>prison-fellowship</category><category>faith-books</category><pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2007 20:47:30 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>