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Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen was beatified on September 24, 2026, in St. Louis, becoming the first American-born bishop to receive the title 'Blessed.' The ceremony, attended by approximately 50,000 people, marked a significant step toward sainthood, following the Vatican's certification of a miracle attributed to his intercession.
Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen was beatified on September 24, 2026, at The Dome at America’s Center in St. Louis, becoming the first American-born bishop to receive the title 'Blessed.' Approximately 50,000 attendees gathered for the ceremony, which was presided over by Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle. The event followed the Vatican’s recognition of a 2010 miracle involving a baby’s recovery. Sheen, a pioneering media evangelist who won an Emmy in 1953, is now one step closer to sainthood, with the Vatican reviewing six additional reported miracles for potential canonization.
Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen was beatified on September 24, 2026, at The Dome at America’s Center in St. Louis, becoming the first American-born bishop to receive the title 'Blessed.' Approximately 50,000 attendees gathered for the ceremony, which was presided over by Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle. The event followed the Vatican’s recognition of a 2010 miracle involving a baby’s recovery. Sheen, a pioneering media evangelist who won an Emmy in 1953, is now one step closer to sainthood, with the Vatican reviewing six additional reported miracles for potential canonization.
Bishop Robert Barron used the upcoming beatification of Archbishop Fulton Sheen in St. Louis to warn that communism is returning to America. He urged Catholic leaders to emulate Sheen’s mid-20th-century opposition to the ideology, arguing that its resurgence threatens both religious freedom and American democratic principles. The event, presided over by Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle for Pope Leo XIV, highlights a growing political debate over socialist influences in the US ahead of the November midterms.
Venerable Fulton J. Sheen is set to be beatified on Sept. 24, 2026, in St. Louis, with Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle presiding; after heroic virtue was recognized in 2012 and a miracle attributed to his intercession was approved in 2019, he will gain the title Blessed. He was renowned for his dynamic preaching on radio and television, taught at the Catholic University of America, and served as Bishop of Rochester before his death in 1979.