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  Peoria Diocese probing six miracles attributable to Sheen. Written by Tom Collins
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  by Everlit. How long until Blessed Fulton J. Sheen is canonized and
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  becomes Saint Fulton Sheen? The Bishop of Peoria said Thursday that he
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  has no earthly idea, but there are reasons to think it could
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  come sooner rather than later. I hope that the time between now
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  and actual canonization won't be that long, Bishop Louis Tilka said during
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  a news conference in St. Louis, where Sheen was beatified. But we
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  need another miracle to be verified and approved. Peoria diocese does, however,
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  have a few potential miracles to present, in the case for making
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  Sheen a saint.
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  Monsignor Jason Gray, Executive Director for the Fulton Sheen Foundation, said. The
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  Diocese is investigating six potential miracles attributable to Sheen’s intercession Just one
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  needs to pass muster with the Holy See for Sheen to become
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  a saint. We have a stage four cancer that resolved itself instantaneously,
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  Gray said. He jokingly added, That one sounds pretty good. Similarly, Sheen's
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  intercession was credited with a newborn's recovery from hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy. I
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  have no idea what that is, Gray quipped, but it sounds really
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  bad. An internet search showed it is a shortage of oxygen or
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  blood flow to the newborn, which indeed would be really bad. Turning
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  serious, Gray said extensive research and medical review would be required before
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  Peoria can turn over any materials for Vatican Review. At this point
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  it's premature to say much more than that, uh Gray said. We'll
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  investigate and leave it in the hands of the Holy See. With
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  a documented miracle though, Peoria can reasonably expect a Vatican Review that
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  takes years but perhaps not centuries, as once was The case. Nearly
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  500 years elapsed between Joan of Arc's death in 1431 and her
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  canonization in 1920. English martyr St. Thomas More wasn't canonized until a
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  few years before World War II, even though he was executed in
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  1535. The process remains lengthy but has been accomplished more rapidly, relatively
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  speaking, since the twentieth century, thanks to the ability to quickly transmit
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  materials to Rome. Saint Teresa of Calcutta, better known as Mother Teresa,
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  was canonized in less than twenty years. Recent pontiffs have also signaled
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  a willingness to advance the causes of holy men and women more
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  frequently and more swiftly. John Paul II alone raised almost five hundred
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  men and women to the altars during his twenty-seven year pontificate. Will
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  Pope Leo XIV follow suit and fast-track Sheen? Tylka would not venture
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  a guess, but he acknowledged the pontiff as a Sheen fan. If
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  you've heard what the Holy Father has said about Fulton Sheen, he's
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  very much aware of who Sheen is and how he influenced his
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  own life, Tilka said. So I know he, the Pope, has taken
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  a personal interest, yes.