Tiny Kansas town seeks to have former local priest canonized.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)

From: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service | Date: July 5, 2001| Author: Dvorak, John A. | Copyright information

PILSEN, Kan. _ Out here, half a world away from Rome, the farmers grow wheat, milo and corn. They're also trying to cultivate a miracle or two.

They hope the hierarchy of the Catholic Church, and eventually the pope, will pay notice to tiny Pilsen, the home of the Rev. Emil Kapaun.

The mission: sainthood for a one-time town priest.

It's a long story, involving the Korean War and the horrible death of a cleric who, had he taken another path, could pe...

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