A Twin Cities priest is expected to receive a citation for honorary citizenship from the government of Vietnam for his anti-war work in the country during the Vietnam War.
The Rev. Harry Bury, a former pastor at St. Francis Cabrini church in Minneapolis, will be granted the honor on Feb. 1, according to The Plain Dealer.
Bury teaches behavioral science at Baldwin-Wallace College in Berea, Ohio, but also keeps a residence in St. Paul, where he was raised, the newspaper reports:
Bury tells the newspaper: "I'm not into awards. But I'm appreciative and grateful that they recognize I made a contribution to stopping the war."
St. Francis Cabrini church also noted Bury's accomplishment in its Jan. 22 bulletin.
