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Legal dispute ends; Archbishop Sheen’s remains will be transferred to Peoria

By: Tom Dermody   -   June 9, 2019   -   Featured Article beatification, Bishop Jenky, body, Fulton Sheen, Joan Sheen Cunningham, transfer

Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen is pictured preaching in an undated photo. (CNS file photo)

(UPDATED — June 19, 2019) The mortal remains of Venerable Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen will soon be coming home to his native Diocese of Peoria. And that news has diocesan officials anticipating a reopening of the famed orator and media pioneer’s Cause for Beatification, leading to a hoped-for Beatification Mass that would take place in […]