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He brought so many people closer to Christ”
Advocates press Archbishop Sheen sainthood cause at Vatican
By David Kerr
Vatican City, May 25, 2011 (CNA/EWTN News) – The canonization of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen moved a step closer today as the official document outlining his cause – known as a “positio” – was presented to Pope Benedict XVI.
“America is in need of a saint like Archbishop Sheen,” said Fr. Andrew Apostoli, vice postulator for the cause. “He brought so many people closer to Christ during his life here on earth and continues to do so even today through his many writings, television and radio shows.”
Archbishop Sheen was born in El Paso, Ill., in 1895 and ordained a priest in the Diocese of Peoria in 1919. Appropriately, it was Bishop Daniel Jenky of Peoria who presented the positio to Pope Benedict at the conclusion of his weekly audience in St. Peter’s Square. The book was bound in white silk and summarizes the life and holiness of the late archbishop.
The positio will be filed formally with the Congregation for Saints’ Causes as the initial step in the Vatican’s process to determine whether Archbishop Sheen should be beatified and canonized.
“Once the Congregation for Saints’ Causes officially approves the positio they will begin the investigation into an alleged healing,” said Monsignor Stanley Deptula, executive director of the Archbishop Fulton Sheen Foundation.
The healing in question involves a 72-year-old Illinois woman’s recovery from major complications during lung surgery. Her husband had prayed for the intercession of Archbishop Sheen.
calcatholic.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?id=2ec26fcf-9c0d-455b-8626-b1b2233fe412
Advocates press Archbishop Sheen sainthood cause at Vatican
By David Kerr
Vatican City, May 25, 2011 (CNA/EWTN News) – The canonization of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen moved a step closer today as the official document outlining his cause – known as a “positio” – was presented to Pope Benedict XVI.
“America is in need of a saint like Archbishop Sheen,” said Fr. Andrew Apostoli, vice postulator for the cause. “He brought so many people closer to Christ during his life here on earth and continues to do so even today through his many writings, television and radio shows.”
Archbishop Sheen was born in El Paso, Ill., in 1895 and ordained a priest in the Diocese of Peoria in 1919. Appropriately, it was Bishop Daniel Jenky of Peoria who presented the positio to Pope Benedict at the conclusion of his weekly audience in St. Peter’s Square. The book was bound in white silk and summarizes the life and holiness of the late archbishop.
The positio will be filed formally with the Congregation for Saints’ Causes as the initial step in the Vatican’s process to determine whether Archbishop Sheen should be beatified and canonized.
“Once the Congregation for Saints’ Causes officially approves the positio they will begin the investigation into an alleged healing,” said Monsignor Stanley Deptula, executive director of the Archbishop Fulton Sheen Foundation.
The healing in question involves a 72-year-old Illinois woman’s recovery from major complications during lung surgery. Her husband had prayed for the intercession of Archbishop Sheen.
calcatholic.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?id=2ec26fcf-9c0d-455b-8626-b1b2233fe412