“Fighting Spirit: A Combat Chaplain’s Journey,” a powerful new documentary film co-produced by Paulist Productions, will be in select theaters around the United States on November 8, 2024.

In this episode of Deacons Pod, the deacons speak about the film with Paulist Fr. Tom Gibbons, vice president of Paulist Productions and an executive producer of “Fighting Spirit.”

The film shares the stories of multiple U.S. military chaplains who died while serving.

It is framed by the story of Justin Roberts, a former U.S. Army chaplain, as he attends the long-delayed funeral in 2021 of Servant of God Emil Kapaun.

Fr. Kapaun was a priest and U.S. Army chaplain from Kansas who died in 1953 as prisoner of war in North Korea.

“Fighting Spirit” was co-produced by the U.S. Army Chaplains Corps.

Actor Chris Pratt also is an executive producer on the project.

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