Fulton John Sheen, was born May 8, 1895 in Illinois and was ordained a priest in the Peoria diocese in Peoria, IL on September 20, 1919. In 1930, after only eleven years as a priest, Sheen began hosts a radio show every Sunday night called The Catholic Hour. The radio show has attracted many loyal listeners, reportedly attracting an audience of up to four million people each week for two decades. In 1951, Sheen was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of New York, the same year he began the Life is Worth Living program. Life is Worth Living aired until 1957. Bishop Sheen hosted another television series, The Fulton Sheen Program, which aired from 1961 to 1968, closely simulating the Life is Worth Living series. In 1979, Fulton J. Sheen received his greatest acclaim when Pope John Paul II hugged him and said, "You have written and spoken well about Jesus. You are a faithful son of the Church." festival." With that final confirmation, Fulton Sheen entered eternal life just two months later on December 9, 1979. Bishop Fulton Sheen was scheduled for beatification (the process of becoming a saint in Catholic Church) on December 21, 2019, at St. Mary's in Peoria. On December 3, 2019, the Diocese of Peoria announced that Sheen's beatification would be delayed.
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