When President Obama posthumously awards Chaplain (Capt.) Emil Kapaun the Congressional Medal of Honor on Thursday April 11, the Army and the Chaplain Corps will mark this moment with great pride and ...

The U.S. military said Friday it has identified the remains of an army chaplain who was lauded by fellow soldiers for his selfless example in the Korean War, received the Medal of Honor and is being ...

PILSEN, Kan. (KAKE) - A former Kansas priest, Army chaplain and prisoner of war during the Korean War is being featured in a new graphic novel. Emil Kapaun, a native of the Marion County town of ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - On the heels of Fr. Emil Kapaun moving a step closer to sainthood, an annual pilgrimage in memory and honor of the Army chaplain who died as a prisoner of war in Korea in May of ...

A picture of a young Emil Kapaun hangs on the wall of the small museum in his honor next to St. John’s Nepomucene Catholic Church in Pilsen. The Kansas war hero who might become a saint has taken one ...

A nonprofit dedicated to supporting the US Army has released a graphic novel highlighting the story and service of Father Emil Kapaun, the Catholic military chaplain who gave his life in a prisoner-of ...

Chaplain (Captain) Emil Kapaun of the 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor on April 11, 2013, for his heroic actions during the Battle of Unsan on ...

A memorial honoring Father Emil Kapaun, a Catholic priest and Army chaplain, is planned for the Kansas Statehouse. The memorial must be privately funded through gifts and donations, not taxpayer money ...

Earlier this year, Pope Francis named Father Emil Kapaun venerable. That decree brings the Catholic priest and Korean war hero from Kansas one step closer to canonization as a saint. That road is long ...

PILSEN, Kan. (RNS and NPR) — Earlier this year, Pope Francis named the Rev. Emil Kapaun 'venerable,' bringing him one step closer to canonization. The road ahead is long, but it could bring big ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - As the world celebrates the first American pope, a Wichita family continues to wait patiently as a spiritually leading relative who died more than 70 years ago approaches ...