Pope Francis decided to open for the first time in history a Holy Door in the Italian prison of Rebibbia during the Jubilee of Hope, a gesture that the prisoners welcomed as a sign of mercy, closeness ...

Texans should stop and take stock of capital punishment and really look at what it does and does not accomplish, said Carroll Pickett, a former death row chaplain. Statistics show that capital ...

Florida’s state prisons agency is being sued in federal court by a former prison chaplain who said he was discriminated against when he was fired for not wanting to train and oversee a female chaplain ...

NASHVILLE, N.C. -- Block B's inmates at the Nash Correctional Institution bide their time playing cards or watching two TVs covered by metal grates. They also get religion, nurtured by prison chaplain ...

From India to Hong Kong, Reverend Will Newman’s journey from missionary child to prison chaplain is a fascinating tale of ...

The most difficult aspect of being a full-time chaplain in any modern institution is the role’s liminality. In theory, chaplains’ most essential contribution is their procedural separation: the ...