Venerable Fulton J. Sheen to be Beatified in Peoria, IL

Venerable Fulton J. Sheen to be Beatified in Peoria, IL

CNA—The Diocese of Peoria announced Monday that Venerable Fulton Sheen will be beatified Dec. 21 at the city’s Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Immaculate Conception. Sheen had been ordained a priest of the diocese in that cathedral Sept. 20, 1919. “It seems entirely fitting that the Beatification will take place at the end of…