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New York in court to bar move of Sheen remains to Peoria

May 21, 2019

Officials of the Catholic Diocese of Peoria say their counterparts in the Archdiocese of New York are trying to halt the transfer of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen’s remains to Illinois.

By Associated Press

Illinois diocese wins latest legal battle over Fulton Sheen’s body

May 7, 2019

The New York Court of Appeals has ruled against the archdiocese of New York’s efforts to keep the body of Fulton J. Sheen in St. Patrick’s Cathedral.

By Christopher White

Retreat aims to bolster Catholic voices in ever more secular media world

Apr 13, 2019

Father Peter Stravinskas, of the Priestly Society of Blessed John Henry Cardinal Newman, is starting a new retreat that he hopes will teach journalists, nonfiction writers, novelists and poets alike to be strong voices for Catholicism in an increasingly secular media world.

By Jacob Comello

New York Archdiocese announces appeal over Fulton Sheen court decision

Jun 17, 2018

The Archdiocese of New York announced on Friday that the Trustees of St. Patrick’s Cathedral are appealing a court decision that would allow Venerable Archbishop Fulton Sheen’s body to be moved to Peoria, Illinois, as his cause for beatification proceeds.

By Catholic News Agency

Civil court rules Fulton Sheen’s remains can go to Peoria

Jun 10, 2018

The Superior Court of New York ruled Friday in favor of Joan Sheen Cunningham, who had petitioned to move the body of her uncle, Venerable Fulton Sheen, to the Cathedral of St. Mary in Peoria. The body of the late archbishop is currently in St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City.

By Catholic News Agency

No selling hair, teeth or hands of saints, Vatican decrees

Dec 17, 2017

The new instructions explicitly rule out selling the hair strands, hands, teeth and other body parts of saints that often fetch high prices in online auctions.

By Associated Press

What happens when women pray?

May 30, 2017

The vocation of Catholic womanhood can be fully realized only through prayer. A new book shows how different women use the Eucharist, Mary, Saints, and the Rosary to help form their prayer life; keeping in mind the words of the Venerable Archbishop Fulton Sheen: “To a great extent the level of any civilization is the level of its womanhood.”

By Kathryn Jean Lopez

Churches around world urged to say Mass on Archbishop Sheen’s birthday

Apr 18, 2017

An effort is underway for churches around the world to remember Venerable Archbishop Fulton Sheen on his birthday. Sheen who won the 1951 Emmy for outstanding television personality for his show “Life Is Worth Living,” was born May 8, 1885, and grew up in Peoria, Illinois. Sheen died December 9, 1979, and his cause for canonization is being conducted by the Diocese of Peoria.

By Julie Asher