Fulton Sheen Beatification Scheduled in St. Louis for Sept 24
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.