New books offer unique perspectives on long road to sainthood
These are the covers of Black Catholics on the Road to Sainthood, edited by Michael R. Heinlein; The Saint Makers, by Joe Drape. These books are reviewed by Timothy Walch. (CNS composite/courtesy Our Sunday Visitor, HarperOne)
By Timothy Walch • Catholic News Service • Posted April 23, 2021
“Black Catholics on the Road to Sainthood,” edited by Michael R. Heinlein. Our Sunday Visitor (Huntington, Indiana, 2021). 96 pp., $9.95.
“The Saint Makers: Inside the Catholic Church and How a War Hero Inspired a Journey of Faith,” by Joe Drape. Hachette Books (New York, 2020). 256 pp., $28.
Sainthood. It’s a matter of faith that Catholics who die in a state of grace join the communion of saints in heaven. Indeed, the church has codified that recognition in the celebration of All Saints’ Day each Nov. 1.
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Making an American saint can take more than a miracle
The cause of a Catholic priest killed in the Korea conflict ticked most of the boxes, but his candidacy had to overcome two formidable obstacles. The Rev. Emil Kapaun celebrates Mass, using the hood of his jeep as an altar, as his assistant, Patrick J. Schuler, kneels in prayer in Korea on Oct. 7, 1950, less than a month before Kapaun was taken prisoner. The priest died in a prisoner of war camp on May 23, 1951, his body wracked by pneumonia and dysentery. On April 11, 2013, President Barack Obama awarded the legendary chaplain, credited with saving hundreds of soldiers during the Korean War, the Medal of Honor posthumously. (Photo by U.S. Army Col. Raymond A. Skeehan/courtesy of the Father Kapaun Guild)