The saint makers : inside the Catholic Church and how a war hero inspired a journey of faith
Drape, Joe2022
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Joe Drape chronicles the unlikely alliance between Father Hotze and Dr. Andrea Ambrosi, a country priest and a cosmopolitan Italian canon lawyer, as the two piece together the life of a long dead Korean War hero and military chaplain and fashion it into a case for eternal divinity. The book offers a front row seat to the Catholic Church's saint-making machinery - which has changed little in 2000 years - and examines how, or if, faith and science can co-exist. Readers are lead from the plains of Kansas to the opulent halls of the Vatican, and into the modest ranch homes of the two individuals, Avery Gerleman and Chase Kear, whose lives were threatened by illness and injury and whose family and friends prayed to Father Kapaun, sparking recoveries in America. Gerleman is now a nurse. Kear works as a mechanic in the aerospace industry. Both remain devoted to Father Kapaun.
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London : Hachette Books, 2022.
Collation:
256 pages ; 21 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780316268820 (pbk)
Dewey class:
B KAPB/KAP
Language:
English
Subject:
Kapaun, Emil, 1916-1951Catholic Church -- Kansas -- Pilsen -- Clergy -- BiographyMilitary chaplains -- United States -- BiographyKorean War, 1950-1953 -- Chaplains -- United States -- BiographyHeroes -- United States -- BiographyKorean War, 1950-1953 -- Prisoners and prisons, AmericanBiographyBiography & non-fiction proseMilitary historySecond World WarReligion & beliefsHistory of religion
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3257466
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