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How Fulton Sheen paved the way for American acceptance of Catholics

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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Joseph Connor reports that Bishop Fulton J. Sheen helped increase American acceptance of Catholics by using television homilies to demonstrate that Catholics shared the same values as other Americans.

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