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There is no better model of priesthood than Father Kapaun, bishop says

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Diocese of Wichita, Kansas, set to welcome home remains of Father Kapaun

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Rightwing leader Marine Le Pen and Far-right party National Rally president Jordan Bardella answer journalists as they arrive to visit a market in La Fleche, western France on July. 8, 2026. (Credit: Michel Euler/AP.)

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Vice President JD Vance speaks to members of the media at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport, Friday, Oct. 9, 2026 in Hebron, Ky., as he departs for a rally in Lima, Ohio. (Credit: Samuel Corum/Pool Photo via AP.)

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Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis in St. Louis, Missouri.

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Vice President JD Vance speaks to members of the media at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport, Friday, Oct. 9, 2026 in Hebron, Ky., as he departs for a rally in Lima, Ohio. (Credit: Samuel Corum/Pool Photo via AP.)

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A sculpture of an angel stands at a memorial for survivors and lives lost to suicide dedicated by the Archdiocese of Chicago at Queen of Heaven Catholic Cemetery in Hillside, Ill., on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026. (Credit: Luis Andres Henao/AP.)

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Europe goes to the polls — with the rightwing lurking