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Vatican General Audience, 30 September 2026

What would Fulton Sheen say to the Irish Church today?

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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Pope Leo XIV mentioned Blessed Fulton J. Sheen during a General Audience in Rome. The Pope's remarks came on the eve of Sheen's beatification ceremony in St. Louis.

During the audience, the Pope did not describe the American bishop solely as a figure from the era of Catholic television.

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