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Before the Beatification, Pilgrims Trace Fulton Sheen’s Roots in Central Illinois

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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Pilgrims are visiting central Illinois to trace the family and faith that shaped Fulton J. Sheen before his beatification.

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