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What Blessed Fulton Sheen Taught Me About Prayer

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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Gigi Duncan wrote for the National Catholic Register that studying the life of Blessed Fulton Sheen highlights the importance of the discipline of prayer over his personal fame.

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