Pope Leo XIV answered questions about his personal history with Bl Fulton Sheen’s television programmes and the surprising success of the Chicago White Sox during Friday’s papal trip to France.
Pope Leo recounted to OSV News’ Courtney Mares that he watched Bl Sheen’s television show as a child, joking: “I’m that old.” Pope Leo was born in 1955; Bl Sheen’s first television programme, Life is Worth Living, aired from 1952 to 1957, and The Fulton Sheen Program from 1961 to 1968.
“We watched him as a family, and it was a way of spending some time together as a family with the truths, the teachings that he shared in such an enthusiastic, lively way, especially considering that day and age,” he said.
