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Emil Kapaun

Father Ned Blick, a Catholic priest from the Diocese of Wichita, Kan., holds a prayer card of Father Emil J. Kapaun Sept. 28, 2021. While he continued treatment at Rome's Gemelli hospital, Pope Francis issued a series of decrees regarding several sainthood causes Feb. 24, 2025, including for Father Kapaun, a U.S. Army military chaplain who died in a prisoner of war camp in North Korea in 1951. The pope recognized his sacrifice as an "offering of life," a category distinct from martyrdom that the pope established in 2017. (OSV News photo/Karen Mikols Bonar)

US Army chaplain, Korean War POW and future saint? Father Emil Kapaun now 'Venerable'

Gina Christian|Feb 25, 2025|5 Min Read

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