Tug of War for Bishop’s Body, or Its Parts, Delays Sainthood (Illinois vs. NY)
THE NEW YORK TIMES
By Sharon Otterman
NEW YORK---The Roman Catholic Diocese of Peoria, Ill., has already constructed a museum in honor of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, a native son whose Emmy-winning television show during the 1950s brought Catholicism to the American living room. Now the dispute over Archbishop Sheen’s corpse has brought a halt to his rise to sainthood, just as he appeared close to beatification, the final stage before canonization. Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, Peoria’s leader, announced this month that the process had been suspended because New York would not release the body. [link]
By Sharon Otterman
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| Archbishop Sheen, shown here in 1979, was the host of the program “Life Is Worth Living” |
