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The Paschal Mystery proclaimed in creation

January 6, 2024 Matthew J. Ramage, Ph.D. 6

My last column delved into the Church’s belief that each creature—even those we find irritating or inconsequential—mirrors the beauty of the divine Logos in our world. Yet, even as every feature of the cosmos reflects […]

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A cardinal, an archbishop, and a bishop reveal their vocation stories

December 17, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone, Cardinal Sean O’Malley, and Bishop Earl Fernandes. / Credit: Dennis Callahan/Archdiocese of San Francisco; Joaquin Peiro Perez/CNA; Joe Bukuras/CNA

CNA Staff, Dec 17, 2023 / 09:00 am (CNA).
Serving at the altar … […]

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Sheen rally coming to Illinois aims to reignite his beatification Mass

July 4, 2023 Catholic News Agency 2

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Boston, Mass., Jul 4, 2023 / 08:00 am (CNA).
The Fulton Sheen Movement has announced plans for a “Fulton Sheen Rally” — an all-day event on Sunday, July 9, at Annunciation Byzantine Catholic Church in Homer Glen, Illinois. The famil… […]

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Eyewitness to history: Bishop Fulton J. Sheen’s assistant remembers Vatican II ‘revolution’

October 11, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

Cardinal Francis Spellman (center) announces the appointment of Fulton Sheen (third from right) as bishop of Rochester, New York, in 1966. Monsignor Hilary Franco is pictured on the far right. / Photo credit: Monsignor Hilary Franco

Vatican Cit… […]

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Venerable Fulton Sheen ‘should be made a saint’, says Peoria coadjutor bishop

August 25, 2021 Catholic News Agency 2

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Peoria, Ill., Aug 25, 2021 / 10:58 am (CNA).
Proponents of the beatification of Venerable Fulton Sheen are still searching for answers about the cause, nearly two years after that process was paused.“I don’t know much,” Bishop Louis … […]

The Dispatch

Six Popes chronicles a full and fascinating priestly life

August 19, 2021 Father Seán Connolly 1

As a young boy I was under the impression that every priest had an office in the Vatican and was on close terms with the pope. When the pastor of my local parish included stories […]

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Venerable Fulton J. Sheen on Irish humor, suffering, and love for the Catholic Faith

March 16, 2021 Joseph M. Hanneman 8

Venerable Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen (1895-1979) found his Irish heritage provided a multitude of teachable moments — about humor, the vagaries of everyday life and our shared path toward Heaven illumined by the light of […]

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This Catholic family is asking Fulton Sheen’s intercession for a second miracle

March 11, 2021 CNA Daily News 0

Washington D.C., Mar 11, 2021 / 04:00 pm (CNA).- A Catholic couple in Peoria, Illinois, is asking for the intercession of hometown hero Ven. Fulton Sheen to save the life of their unborn son.

Royce and Elise Hood, parents of six children including one… […]

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