The late Archbishop Fulton Sheen hosted the popular TV program ‘Life Is Worth Living’ in the 1950s
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The late Archbishop Fulton John Sheen was beatified in St. Louis on Thursday, Sept. 24, in another step toward sainthood
Sheen became a nationally recognized figure thanks to a popular religious show that earned an Emmy in 1953
Pope Francis approved Sheen’s miracle in 2019
Well before Joel Osteen and T.D. Jakes, the late Archbishop Fulton John Sheen was regarded as perhaps America’s first televangelist — a career that led to a string of honors both inside and outside of his faith.
In the early 1950s, Sheen, then an auxiliary bishop…
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