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 ...

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 ...

An Army chaplain during the Korean War, Father Emil Kapaun is likely years away from canonization as a saint. But interest in his life — and traffic to Pilsen, Kansas — is picking up. PILSEN, Kansas – ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - A Kansas hero from the Korean War is being honored in an ongoing graphic novel series. On Tuesday, September 23, the Association of the United States Army announced that its ...

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 ...

Doctors said Chase Kear would not survive his catastrophic head injury. Today, what doctor's called a miraculous recovery is part of the Catholic Church’s investigation into the canonization of a new ...

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 ...