Fulton J. Sheen to be a Saint?

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Who even remembers who he was? And, why in the world would the Catholic church even consider him to be saintly? Prayers to the Bishop linked to prayers to him.

The Church teaches that everyone in Heaven is a Saint, but the Church recognizes only a relative few who are proven to have led lives of “heroic virtue”. A recognized miracle is one of the final steps in the process that leads to one of those huge Masses in St. Peter’s Square in Rome, like the one taking place next week when Pope John XXIII and Pope John Paul II will be named official Saints of the Church.

The process of canonization can be long – centuries long – and arduous. The Church examines all aspects of the person’s life, including all his writings – and, in Sheen’s case, his TV and radio appearances.

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