Investigation into Medal of Honor Chaplain Emil Kapaun may mean Sainthood

Fort Hood: Investigation Could Lift 1st Cav Chaplain To Sainthood
Our Town Texas
September 26, 2013

FORT HOOD (September 24, 2013)--Italian lawyer Andrea Ambrosi, a Vatican official, will travel Kansas Saturday to complete a lengthy investigation into a possible miracle that could help elevate Capt. Emil J. Kapaun, a Korean War era 1st Cavalry Division chaplain, to sainthood.

The Kansas-born Roman Catholic priest died as a prisoner of war in 1951 when he was 35.

The recovery of Avery Gerleman, a student at Hutchinson Community College, is one of the possible miracles the Vatican's Congregation for the Causes of Saints is investigating.

Gerleman believes Kapaun saved her life in 2006, just as he saved soldiers in the prisoner-of-war camp.

The Catholic Church usually requires two miracles for sainthood, but only one will be required if Kapaun is declared a martyr.

Kapaun was awarded a posthumous Medal of Honor, which President Barack Obama presented to members of his family in April.
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Capt. Emil Kapaun, Soldier, Chaplain, Hero and Saint