The pope recognized the “offering of life” of Italian layman Salvo D’Acquisto and Father Emil Joseph Kapaun, who served as a U.S. Army chaplain during World War II and the Korean War.

An Army chaplain during the Korean War, Father Emil Kapaun is likely years away from canonization as a saint. But interest in his life — and traffic to Pilsen, Kansas — is picking up.

Earlier this year, Pope Francis named Father Emil Kapaun venerable. That decree brings the Catholic priest and Korean war hero from Kansas one step closer to canonization as a saint. That road is ...