Barron Links Sheen Beatification to Anti-Communism Call Amid US Political Shifts
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.