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Normale Ansicht

‘America’s Bishop’ Was Beatified. 50,000 Catholics Showed Up.

25. September 2026 um 02:09
Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, who was the country’s most visible Roman Catholic clergyman of the 20th century, is one step closer to sainthood after a ceremony in St. Louis.

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Beatification typically requires evidence of a miracle resulting from prayer to the person in question. In Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen’s case, the parents of a stillborn boy in the diocese of Peoria, Ill., in 2010 prayed to him to intervene.

U.S. Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen to Be Beatified, One Step Away From Sainthood

10. Februar 2026 um 01:03
The move involving Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, who hosted a popular midcentury radio and TV show and died in 1979, ends a six-year delay.

© Neal Boenzi/The New York Times

Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen delivering a sermon in 1979. He was most famous for his television program, “Life Is Worth Living,” which ran in the 1950s.
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