Sheen beatification ‘a gift’ and a call to mission, say pilgrims in St. Louis September 24, 2026By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, World News From across the United States and around the world, faithful of all ages have traveled to St. Louis for the Sept. 24 beatification of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen — and several pilgrims described the occasion as both a “gift” and a call to be missionary disciples.
‘Pivotal’ Archbishop Sheen ‘opened the door to the evangelization of the world,’ says Bishop Barron September 24, 2026By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, World News Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen — the 20th-century theologian, evangelizer and Catholic communications pioneer — “opened the door to the evangelization of the world,” said Bishop Robert E. Barron of Winona-Rochester, Minnesota.
Canonization cause officially opens for pioneering Minnesota priest September 24, 2026By Maria Wiering OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, World News Msgr. Joseph Francis Buh has been granted the title “servant of God” with a Sept. 22 Mass opening the cause for his canonization.
5 things to know about Archbishop Fulton Sheen as his beatification approaches September 23, 2026By Jenna Mattern Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, World News Archbishop Sheen was born on May 8, 1895 in El Paso, Ill. He grew up in Peoria, Ill., where he attended Spalding Institute high school and later attended St. Viator College in Bourbonnais, Ill. He was ordained as a priest in 1919 for the Diocese of Peoria, and eventually served as auxiliary bishop of New York 1951-66 and as bishop of Rochester 1966-69. Upon his retirement in 1969, he was given the honorary title of archbishop.
Cardinal Tagle encourages faithful to adopt Archbishop Sheen’s virtues as beatification nears September 23, 2026By Maria Wiering OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, World News The grace of the beatification of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen comes with corresponding responsibility for Catholics in his home diocese of Peoria, Illinois, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle told Catholics there during Mass Sept. 22.
St. Bernadette’s relics draw hundreds of pilgrims to Emmitsburg despite heavy rain September 23, 2026By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Saints, Western Vicariate Despite driving rain and some of the worst road conditions she said she has ever encountered, Brooke White left her home in Wayne, Pa., at 6 a.m. Sept. 22 for the two-and-a-half-hour trek to Emmitsburg.
Mass celebrates how Archbishop Sheen ‘knew Christ,’ understood ‘Gospel always sends us outward’ September 23, 2026By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, World News Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen “knew Jesus Christ, our Lord” and understood that “the Gospel always sends us outward” to share God’s love with the world, said the homilist at Mass marking the anniversary of Archbishop Sheen’s priestly ordination before his beatification Sept. 24.
Radio Interview: Archbishop Fulton Sheen’s enduring legacy September 22, 2026By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: CR Radio, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview, Saints Christopher Gunty speaks with Monsignor Jason Gray, executive director of the Archbishop Fulton Sheen Foundation, about the remarkable life and legacy of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen. Their conversation traces Archbishop Sheen’s journey from his humble beginnings in Peoria, Il., to becoming one of the most influential Catholic communicators of the 20th century.
Archbishop Lori urges women religious to model renewal of American political culture September 19, 2026By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: America's 250th anniversary, Archbishop's Ministry, Consecrated Life, Feature, Local News, News, Saints At a time of deep political division and declining trust, Archbishop William E. Lori told a national gathering of women religious leaders that renewing American political culture requires more than better politics. It requires a renewal of human character, relationships and spiritual life, a task to which he said women religious make a unique contribution.
Fulton Sheen: A teacher of virtue September 17, 2026By Sister Jude Andrew Link OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Feature, Saints “What virtues do you think Sheen is an example of?” That question was put to me by a fellow sister who was preparing her classroom for the beginning of the school year. Here in Peoria, Illinois, we are already several weeks into the school year. But in other parts of the country, students and teachers just had their first days of class this week. This sister was preparing a bulletin board about saints and virtues.
Second annual festival highlights stories of candidates of canonization September 14, 2026By Jenna Mattern Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Saints The path to sainthood has something in common with a trial: There is testimony, evidence, historical investigation and a formal tribunal. But in the Church’s process of canonization, the goal is not to find someone guilty or innocent. It is to uncover evidence of holiness.
Pope aims to help Europe find ‘new momentum’ with France trip, says postulator of Schuman cause September 12, 2026By Caroline de Sury OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV will put Europe and peace in the spotlight on Sept. 28, when he visits Metz as part of his trip to France from Sept. 25 to 28.
