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Pope praises US radio and TV preacher Fulton Sheen as an inspiration ahead of his beatification
The Vatican says the delayed ceremony follows a yearslong review of Sheen’s tenure as bishop over concerns about priests accused of abuse.
- On Wednesday, Pope Leo XIV praised Archbishop Fulton Sheen as an inspiration ahead of his beatification on Thursday in St. Louis, Missouri, highlighting Sheen's evangelizing work that influenced his own faith formation.
- Before his beatification, Sheen—an Emmy Award winner and influential 20th-century Catholic—gained fame as a pioneering televangelist with his 1950s series, Life is Worth Living, and headed The Pontifical Mission Societies for 16 years.
- The Vatican previously postponed the ceremony to investigate Sheen's tenure as a bishop over concerns regarding his handling of abuse allegations; a six-year delay ensued, though the investigation ultimately found no wrongdoing.
- Filipino Cardinal Luis Tagle will celebrate the Mass in St. Louis, while Pope Leo XIV urged pilgrims at the Vatican on Wednesday to use Sheen's example to spread the gospel with "joyful enthusiasm."
- This beatification marks the first step toward potential sainthood for the Illinois native, as Pope Leo XIV, formerly Robert Prevost, noted earlier this year that Sheen's broadcasts were essential to his family's faith formation.
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Pope Leo XIV praises US radio and TV preacher Fulton Sheen ahead of beatification
Pope Leo XIV, who grew up listening to popular American television preacher Archbishop Fulton Sheen, praised his fellow Illinois clergyman as an inspiration on Wednesday on the eve of Sheen’s beatification.
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Pope praises US radio and TV preacher Fulton Sheen as an inspiration ahead of his beatification
ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV, who grew up listening to popular American television preacher Archbishop Fulton Sheen, praised his fellow Illinois clergyman as an inspiration on Wednesday on the
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Pope Leo XIV, who grew up listening to the popular American television preacher, Archbishop Fulton Sheen, praised the clergyman of Illinois Wednesday as an inspiration, on the eve of Sheen's beatification.
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