Medal of Honor

Obama awards Catholic army chaplain Medal of Honor

By Caleb K. Bell — April 11, 2013
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.

Possible saint gets a big military honor from White House

By Caleb K. Bell — April 9, 2013
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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