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The changing role, visibility of chaplains

The COVID-19 pandemic brought new attention to the work of chaplains.

Before the pandemic, as an article in The New York Times put it, the place of the hospital chaplain was "at the bedside, holding a patient's hand, counseling them and their family members, singing with them, crying with them, hugging them, offering the eucharist, or a prayer for healing...

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