Presidential Message on the Beatification of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen

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The White House issued a presidential message marking the beatification of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, the Illinois-born priest and broadcaster who hosted the 1950s television program “Life Is Worth Living.” The message recounts Sheen's ratings triumphs over Milton Berle and Frank Sinatra, his Emmy award, and an estimated 30 million weekly viewers, alongside his 1979 meeting with Pope John Paul II shortly before his death.

The statement quotes Sheen warning against a “new type of violence” tied to cultural upheaval in the 1960s, and closes by noting Americans gathering in St. Louis for his Beatification Mass. The message is attributed to the President and First Lady jointly.

The full dispatch is available from the source below.

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A beatification is the Church's business and nobody here is arguing with the honor. But when the Oval Office writes about a bishop, it can't help slipping in the ratings numbers and the magazine cover, like a neighbor who can't tell you about his grandson's baptism without mentioning his batting average. Sainthood by Nielsen numbers is a strange gospel to preach.

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