37 min
Father John Hotze On The Cause For Father Emil Kapaun Catholic Military Life
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- Religion & Spirituality
Korean War hero and U.S. Army Chaplain Father Emil Kapaun died on May 23, 1951, in a North Korean Prisoner of War (POW) camp. He had spent the previous six months risking his life to sustain and save the lives of fellow prisoners with no concern for his own health and safety. In 2013, then-President Obama postumously awarded Father Kaupan the Medal of Honor, the nation's highest military decoration. The Holy See's Congregation for the Causes of Saints is now considering Father Kaupan's Cause for Canonization. Father John Hotze, a priest of Father Kapaun's home Dioecese of Wichita, Kansas, is the Episcopal Delgate for the Cause. In this edition of Catholic Military Life, the only official podcast of the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA, Father Hotze joins us by telephone from Mulvane, Kansas, to bring us up to date on the progress of Father Kaupan's Cause.
Korean War hero and U.S. Army Chaplain Father Emil Kapaun died on May 23, 1951, in a North Korean Prisoner of War (POW) camp. He had spent the previous six months risking his life to sustain and save the lives of fellow prisoners with no concern for his own health and safety. In 2013, then-President Obama postumously awarded Father Kaupan the Medal of Honor, the nation's highest military decoration. The Holy See's Congregation for the Causes of Saints is now considering Father Kaupan's Cause for Canonization. Father John Hotze, a priest of Father Kapaun's home Dioecese of Wichita, Kansas, is the Episcopal Delgate for the Cause. In this edition of Catholic Military Life, the only official podcast of the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA, Father Hotze joins us by telephone from Mulvane, Kansas, to bring us up to date on the progress of Father Kaupan's Cause.
37 min