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Fulton Sheen, un beato che conosce la Cina

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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Fulton J. Sheen traveled to China in the spring of 1948 as part of a delegation led by Cardinal Francis Spellmann, the Archbishop of New York. According to a report by Asia News, Sheen visited the country before it came under the control of Mao Tse Tung.

Passionist Father Robert Carbonneau detailed the trip in an essay published in the U.S. Catholic Historian. Carbonneau noted that Sheen traveled with 15 others and used his skills as a radio personality and speaker to meet with various political and Church leaders.

Sheen’s missionary work included serving as the national director for the Pontifical Mission Propagation in the United States. He also founded and directed the magazine World Mission and helped draft the Vatican II decree Ad Gentes.

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