Blessed Fulton and the Fullness of the Faith
By Fr. Raymond J. de Souza
The saints are always greater, because the Gospel is always greater. Greater than our usual categories, our customary ways of thinking. Archbishop Fulton Sheen was just that, as his beatification in St. Louis on Thursday illustrated. The homily of papal legate Cardinal Luis Tagle emphasized Blessed Fulton as a man animated by a special love for the poor, and with a passion for alleviating poverty.
Fulton Sheen was many things, so many things could be said about him – and many, many things were said in recent days. He was the imaginative evangelist, the mesmerizing…
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