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Archbishop Fulton Sheen's beatification approaches

Bishop Fulton J. Sheen in cassock, ferraiolo and pectoral cross, standing among bookshelves beside a carved statue of the Madonna and Child, on the set of his television programme.
Fulton J. Sheen on the set of his television programme. Fred Palumbo, 1952. Library of Congress, New York World-Telegram & Sun Collection. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

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Archbishop Fulton Sheen is approaching beatification.

Sheen was ordained a priest in 1919 for the Diocese of Peoria and later served as an auxiliary bishop in New York from 1951 to 1966 and as the bishop of Rochester from 1966 to 1969. He received the honorary title of archbishop upon his retirement in 1969. He died of heart disease in New York on December 9, 1979. His tomb is located in the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception in Peoria.

Known for using mass media to evangelize, Sheen hosted the radio program The Catholic Hour on NBC starting in 1930. He also hosted the television series Life is Worth Living, which earned him an Emmy for Most Outstanding Television Personality. Throughout his life, he wrote more than 60 books, including Life of Christ. The Catholic Review reports he was also involved in the miraculous healing of an infant named James Fu.

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