Venerable Fulton Sheen. (public domain) By Tina Dennelly, Catholic News Agency, August 31, 2023 “Sheen is clean.” That’s the message from Monsignor Jason Gray, executive director of the Archbishop Fulton Sheen Foundation, regarding the status of the cause for beatification of... read more

‘Because God made us free, we have rights,’ said Archbishop Sheen. ‘Because God made us creatures, we have duties.’ By Joseph Pronechen, National Catholic Regisyter, July 4, 2023 July 4 is a red- white- and blue-letter day to recall the Declaration of Independence. Who better to give... read more

By Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency, October 11, 2022 Monsignor Hilary Franco was just a young priest — “naive” even, in his own words — when he called the office of Bishop Fulton J. Sheen, the celebrated theologian, author, and TV presenter, to ask for a meeting in August... read more

By Kennedy Hall, Crisis Magazine. April 22. 2022 In this age of confusion, both in the state and in the Church, not only is it difficult to tell up from down, but it is often hard to find rallying points where we can find common cause with people of good will. In politics, we throw our lot... read more

By John L. Allen Jr., Crux, Dec 8, 2019 NEW YORK - Now that we know why the scheduled Dec. 21 beatification ceremony for the late Archbishop Fulton Sheen has been postponed, it raises broader questions about how we evaluate not only potential candidates for sainthood, but those who’ve already... read more

By Phil Luciano, Rochester Democrat & Chronicle, December 5, 2019 The planned beatification of former Rochester bishop Fulton J. Sheen was delayed at the request of Bishop Salvatore Matano, the Peoria Diocese told reporters for the Journal Star Wednesday night. Until Wednesday night, the... read more

Peoria, Ill., Dec 3, 2019 / 02:43 pm (CNA).- The delay of the beatification of Archbishop Fulton Sheen is not related to a 2007 allegation that Bishop Fulton Sheen witnessed and covered up an act of clerical sexual abuse, sources close to the beatification told CNA. Sheen was due to be... read more

JD Flynn, Catholic News Agency, November 18, 2019 The Diocese of Peoria announced Monday that Venerable Fulton Sheen will be beatified Dec. 21 at the city's Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Immaculate Conception. Sheen had been ordained a priest of the diocese in that cathedral Sept. 20,... read more