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Beatification of Fulton Sheen will be a 'significant moment' for Catholic Diocese of Peoria

The late Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, a 20th-century media star, will be beatified later this year. (Public domain)

The beatification of central Illinois native Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen by the Catholic Church will be “one of the most significant moments in the life of our local church,” Bishop Louis Tylka of the Catholic Diocese of Peoria said recently.

Tylka announced the news on Feb. 9.

The next step in the cause for sainthood for Sheen, who for now has the title Venerable, will involve a beatification Mass in which he will be declared “Blessed.” If another verified miracle is attributed to Sheen’s intercession, he could be recognized as a saint.

Sheen, who lived from 1895 to 1979, was born in El Paso in Woodford County, attended Spalding Institute in Peoria, and was ordained a priest at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Peoria in 1919.

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