Diocese of Peoria announces postponement of Fulton Sheen's beatification

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Evidence that our Bishops can certainly move and shake things when they want to…just saying.
 
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CTBcin said:
Thanks for the heads up. The article is still in the Journal Star’s website. It’s an interesting read.
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That’s fascinating that it’s up again now. It was 404 this morning and Google’s cache also gave an error message.
Wonder what the deal was - technical glitch or something more.
 
I’ve read enough of Bishop Fulton Sheen for so many years. I know him this way and imagine he would not a dispute over him in any regard.
Praying for his rest in Eternal.
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Regardless of the reason for the delay, I think people deserve to know who requested it, and what the exact reason is. Leaving everyone hanging is just causing suspicion and leading to speculation and scandal. If the bishops who did this really, truly believe that there is a good reason to delay archbishop Sheen’s beatification, then at least don’t be so gutless as to cower in anonymity. Otherwise, drop this childish charade and get on with it.
 
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Regardless of the reason for the delay, I think people deserve to know who requested it, and what the exact reason is. Leaving everyone hanging is just causing suspicion and leading to speculation and scandal. If the bishops who did this really, truly believe that there is a good reason to delay archbishop Sheen’s beatification, then at least don’t be so gutless as to cower in anonymity. Otherwise, drop this childish charade and get on with it.
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That couldn’t have been better put. If there really are serious reasons to delay the beatification, the bishops who brought concerns should publically state them.

But if it’s truly over petty squabbles and political nonsense, then this anonymous maneuvering is truly spineless.
 

Actually the discussion about Fulton Sheen starts at 33:30
 
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An interesting, but prudent development, I think.
I am from the Diocese of Rochester, and while not a hugh fan of our current Bishop, I will say I do believe he is just erring on the side of caution.
 
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I’m just glad something has been said so people can stop speculating on Archbishop Sheen’s personal life.
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I know. People have been up in arms with their speculation about who asked for the delay and why etc etc etc.
Emotional reasoning at it’s worse
 
CilladeRoma said:
An interesting, but prudent development, I think.
I am from the Diocese of Rochester, and while not a hugh fan of our current Bishop, I will say I do believe he is just erring on the side of caution.
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I agree. And I’m glad they stated the official reason behind the delay. It sounds like those on his cause who investigated his time as bishop are confident that his actions as a bishop were prudent. But it also makes sense to wait for the NY investigation to finish just in case there’s any issues they have to address.
 
I AM a huge fan of your bishop (who was once my bishop before you very lucky people got him) and I also think, considering what he has had to deal with in coming in to various dioceses (not just yours) to clean up appalling things from decades past, and knowing how much shoop is out there already, how easily the media twists things, knowing that misinformation will become ‘gospel true’ for generations while the retractions will be buried permanently or dismissed as ‘whitewashing’, even though it seems yet another ‘Catholic misstep’, I agree that he is just trying to be certain that Bishop Sheen’s case will be treated with scrupulous accuracy and fairness all around.
 
I don’t mean to impugn the name of Fulton sheen, but what makes him a saint? He was a good preacher but that doesn’t make a saint. We have had good preachers who have turned out to be charlatans. Can someone give some information to explain. When I think of a modern saint I think of Mother Theresa. It seems like sainthood has become about likability.
 
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Fulton Sheen wasn’t just some preacher. He led thousands to God through his books, his TV and radio programs, his devotion to the Blessed Sacrament (he constantly promoted Adoration), and he also raised huge amounts of money for the Society for the Propagation of the Faith.

Cardinal Spellman tried to get a cut of the money he raised for the missions and Archbishop Sheen refused. Cardinal Spellman took the dispute all the way to the Vatican and the Pope sided with Archbishop Sheen. Cardinal Spellman was so mad he had Sheen’s popular TV show pulled off the air and sent him to be bishop of Rochester, where many in his diocese disliked him because he did things like promote racial integration and tried to give Church property away to the poor. Between that and him not really having the background to run a diocese, he suffered a lot. He never complained and never said anything bad about Cardinal Spellman, who if you read bios of him isn’t likely to be put up for sainthood any time soon (or ever).

Archbishop Sheen is not on the path to sainthood because he was “likable”. Not everybody even liked him. He is on the path to sainthood because he was very holy. We also have many, many, many past saints who became saints through being great preachers, devoted to the Blessed Sacrament and raising money for the poor, all of which Archbishop Sheen did. Not every saint needs to be working hands-on with poor people like Mother Teresa, you can be a saint many different ways.

I hope you’re not going to have the same complaints when Fr. Patrick Peyton and Mother Angelica come up for beatification.
 
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I don’t mean to impugn the name of Fulton sheen, but what makes him a saint? He was a good preacher but that doesn’t make a saint. We have had good preachers who have turned out to be charlatans. Can someone give some information to explain. When I think of a modern saint I think of Mother Theresa. It seems like sainthood has become about likability.
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To flip the question: what exactly about Sheen do you think would not make him worthy of canonization? And why would his gift of preaching automatically make him suspect to being a charlatan?

Yes, Sheen was a great preacher, but there’s much more than that. He tirelessly did mission work, and was instrumental in evangelizing efforts. He had a love for the poor, and worked for social justice. He was also a man of great prayer and holiness- many attested to that fact in his own lifetime. If you read some of his books, you can definitely get a sense of his holiness. He took on great crosses in his life with humility. His great love for God, along with his life of heroic virtue attest to his saintliness. There’s much, much more to Fulton Sheen than his TV show.

There’s not one kind of saint: while the Mother Theresas working in the slums of Calcutta are great, there are also saints who were great preachers, teachers, mystics, martyrs, and some who just lived very ordinary lives of holiness.
 
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