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Offline Minnesota

Re: Bp Fulton Sheen
« Reply #5 on: September 25, 2026, 01:42:25 PM »
He's mainly seen so favorably because Life is Worth Living and The Catholic Hour were actually quite popular in their time. A Catholic bishop having media stardom in a country that still held on to anti-Catholic prejudice (e.g., Billy Graham claiming JFK was disloyal in the 1960 election campaign) was huge.
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Offline MonsieurValentine

Re: Bp Fulton Sheen
« Reply #6 on: September 25, 2026, 01:50:04 PM »

Even as a kid in more innocent times I knew there was something "off" about certain people
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Offline Gray2023

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Re: Bp Fulton Sheen
« Reply #7 on: September 25, 2026, 03:04:33 PM »
Look I know people get upset when I chime in on social issues like this, but what is the fascination?  Why is this supposed to be an interesting discussion?  It is more along the lines of sensationalism like the National Enquire.  I don't see how this information edifies any one.

Wouldn't it be better to just say he appeared to have unnatural tendencies and was friendly to socialist and communistic ideas?  And then discuss facts?  or talk about why you don't think he should be canonized?
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Offline Simeon

Re: Bp Fulton Sheen
« Reply #8 on: September 25, 2026, 05:54:36 PM »
Quote from: songbird on September 24, 2026, 08:27:17 PM
I see Fulton Sheen as a "silent communist".  I do wonder about Bella Dodd and Sheen.  I wonder if they put on a show.  Bella Dodd knew cardinals by name who were communist. Then Bella wants to be catholic? and Sheen will bring her the sacraments for her conversion.  I question the situation.

How does it go:  if you are a communist or of a secret society and you want out, is it not death?  This issue is eerie.

This is a very astute comment. The Catholic hierarchy from the late, say, 30s through the end of the 1950s was what I would call "crypto modernist and crypto Marxist parading around as ultra traditionalist and anti-communist." This is the patrimony of Pacelli and Montini, and their predecessors in the great conspiracy.
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Offline Simeon

Re: Bp Fulton Sheen
« Reply #9 on: September 25, 2026, 05:55:56 PM »
Quote from: Minnesota on September 25, 2026, 01:42:25 PM
He's mainly seen so favorably because Life is Worth Living and The Catholic Hour were actually quite popular in their time. A Catholic bishop having media stardom in a country that still held on to anti-Catholic prejudice (e.g., Billy Graham claiming JFK was disloyal in the 1960 election campaign) was huge.

And then again you have to ask yourself by what means did he get access? We know that only those who are selected get public platforms. It was no different back in the 40s and 50s, because the same entity was running the show.
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