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Bishop Michael O. Jackels, left, shakes hand with Vatican investigator Andrea Ambrosi after presenting him with a box with 8,268 documents about Father Emil Kapaun to take to Rome for the beatification and canonization of Kapaun at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception on Friday. (July 1, 2011)

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Gail Makovec touches the box with over 8,200 documents about Father Emil Kapaun for good luck following a Mass and closing ceremony for the beatification and canonization of Kapaun at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception on Friday. Makovec, who is from Pilsen (the same town as Kapaun) was part of the original Father Kapaun Committee. (July 1, 2011)

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Bishop Michael Jackels signs some documents headed for the Vatican during the Mass and closing ceremony for the beatification and canonization of Father Emil Kapaun at the Cathedral on Friday. (July 1, 2011)

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Bishop Michael Jackels gives the mass with most of the Wichita priests during the Mass and closing ceremony for the beatification and canonization of Father Emil Kapaun at the Cathedral downtown Friday. (July 1, 2011)

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Bishop Michael Jackels lifts the eucharist during the Mass for the beatification and canonization of Father Emil Kapaun at the Cathedral on Friday. (July 1, 2011)

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Bishop Michael Jackels blesses the eucharist during the Mass for the beatification and canonization of Father Emil Kapaun at the Cathedral on Friday. (July 1, 2011)

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Bishop Michael Jackels blesses the eucharist during the Mass for the beatification and canonization of Father Emil Kapaun at the Cathedral downtown Friday. (July 1, 2011)

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Nick Dellasega, third from right, survived a potentially lethal heart seizure in May. He credits his recovery to his family members praying to Father Kapaun. He attended the Mass to honor Kapaun as Kapaun documents were sent to the Vatican. (July 1, 2011)

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Vatican investigator Andrea Ambrosi, center, and his assistant Madeline Kuns (third from right) attend the mass and closing ceremony for the beatification and canonization of Father Emil Kapaun at the Cathedral downtown Friday. (July 1, 2011)

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Vatican investigator Andrea Ambrosi reads stories about Father Emil Kapaun as he visited the Diocese Chancery on Friday. (July 1, 2011)

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Vatican investigator Andrea Ambrosi puts down his glasses after reading some of the stories about Father Emil Kapaun on Friday at the Diocese Chancery. (July 1, 2011)

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Father John Hotze, left, Ambrosi assistant Madeline Kuns, and Vatican investigator Andrea Ambrosi, right, close a box containing 8,268 documents about Father Emil Kapaun at the Diocese Chancery office Friday. (July1, 2011)

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Avery Gerleman, center, attends a mass for the beatification and canonization of Father Emil Kapaun on Friday at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. Five years ago she almost died when her kidneys shut down and her lungs filled with blood. She recovered, and credits it to praying to Father Kapaun. (July 1, 2011)

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A crowd attends the Mass and closing ceremony for the beatification and canonization of Father Emil Kapaun at the Cathedral downtown Friday. (July 1, 2011)

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People look at the official seal and letter going to the Vatican for the Father Emil Kapaun documents during the Mass and closing ceremony for the beatification and canonization of Kapaun at the Cathedral on Friday. (July 1, 2011)

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Altar boys show the congregation the official seal and letter on a box headed to the Vatican with 8,268 documents about Father Emil Kapaun during the Mass and closing ceremony for the beatification and canonization of Kapaun, at the Cathedral on Friday. (July 1, 2011)

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