President Barack Obama holds Chaplain (Captain) Emil Kapaun's Easter stole in the Oval Office during a greet with Kapaun's family in the Oval Office, April 11, 2013. The President and First Lady Michelle Obama met with members of Chaplain Kapaun's family before awarding him the Medal of Honor posthumously during a ceremony in the East Room. Official White House Photo by Pete Souza

Obama awards Catholic army chaplain Medal of Honor

WASHINGTON (RNS) A candidate for sainthood in the Roman Catholic Church was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor by President Obama Thursday (April 11) at the White House.

Portrait of Rev. Emil Kapaun in uniform. Photo courtesy Les Broadstreet / Diocese of Wichita

Possible saint gets a big military honor from White House

WASHINGTON (RNS) President Obama will award the Medal of Honor this week to an Army chaplain who died in a POW camp during the Korean War — a pretty big deal if Emil Kapaun wasn’t already a candidate for sainthood

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