A strong case can be made that Father Edward Flanagan, the priest who single-handedly created Nebraska’s Boys Town in 1917, was the first pop-culture priest in America. The documentary Heart of a ...

Father Edward Flanagan founded his boys' home in 1917, which would later become Boys Town. Sign up for our Newsletters Thomas Lynch, director of community programs, said Father Flanagan encouraged ...

A new feature-length documentary about the founder of Boys Town premiered on Friday. "Heart of a Servant: The Father Flanagan Story" depicts Flanagan's efforts to care for abandoned and orphaned ...