Pope praises US radio and TV preacher Fulton Sheen as an inspiration ahead of his beatification
Leo said Sheen inspired millions through radio and television and urged pilgrims to spread the Gospel with joyful enthusiasm.
- On Wednesday, Pope Leo XIV praised Archbishop Fulton Sheen as an inspiration ahead of his beatification Thursday in Louis, Missouri, the first step toward potential sainthood.
- The Vatican postponed the ceremony for six years to investigate Sheen's tenure regarding priests accused of abuse, though the inquiry turned up no wrongdoing.
- Pope Leo XIV, who grew up in Chicago watching the preacher, noted Sheen headed The Pontifical Mission Societies for 16 years and called him a "beacon of faith."
- Filipino Cardinal Luis Tagle will celebrate the Mass, urging others to "find new ways of spreading the gospel" following the bishop's media evangelization example.
- Sheen, an Emmy Award winner and influential 20th-century Catholic, pioneered televangelism with his 1950s series "Life is Worth Living," cementing his legacy as a transformative evangelist.
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Pope praises U.S. radio and TV preacher Fulton Sheen as an inspiration ahead of his 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.
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
Ahead of his beatification, here’s a look back at Fulton Sheen’s time in Rome
Archbishop Fulton Sheen is set to become the first U.S.-born bishop to be beatified on Sept. 24. During his studies and media career, he spent several extended periods in Rome. Ahead of his beatification, here’s a look back at his time in the Eternal City.
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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