A heartwarming film about the life of Rev. Vincent R. Capodanno titled “The Field Afar: The Story of Father Vincent Capodanno" will be screened at the Two River Theatre in Red Bank, N.J., Sunday, Aug.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Cardinal Timothy Dolan officially dedicated the new Father Vincent Capodanno Catholic Academy on Thursday, blessing both the South Beach school and its Father Capodanno statue.

Great news! A new film is underway about the Grunt Padre —Servant of God Father Vincent Capodanno, a Medal of Honor recipient, posthumously, for his heroism on Sept. 4, 1967. That day, on a small, ...

The ‘Grunt Padre’ died on a Vietnam battlefield as a military chaplain to U.S. Marines. Theological consultants recently voted to recommend to Vatican dicastery that the cause be suspended. But ...

He was a man of peace in a country at war, not quite 40, yet still an old man to the kid Marines in the surrounding foxholes. Father Vincent Capodanno found his calling in Vietnam amid the jungle heat ...

Vincent Capodanno leads field prayer services, Sept. 11, 1966 , during "Operation Fresno, for A Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marines (Reinforced), in Quang Ngai Province. (Marine Corps Archives & ...

As the sainthood cause for a Vietnam War chaplain gathers momentum, the priest was remembered at a memorial Mass Wednesday as a man "completely dedicated to the spiritual care of his Marines." Fr.

Maryknoll Father Vincent R. Capodanno, a Navy chaplain who was killed while serving with the Marines in Vietnam, is pictured ministering in the field in an undated photo. (Credit: CNS photo/Courtesy ...

Father Vincent Capodanno, known as "The Grunt Padre," served as a Marine chaplain during the Vietnam War. Capodanno died heroically in Operation Swift, saving and comforting his men under heavy fire.

World renowned artist Gregory Perillo painted this image of Staten Island native Father Vincent Capodanno about five years ago. It captures the last moments of the Navy Chaplain serving on the front ...