Peoria, Illinois
Archbishop Sheen beatification date announced
Archbishop Fulton Sheen will be beatified on December 21, the Diocese of Peoria has announced. The archbishop and TV preacher, who died in 1979, got the green light for beatification in July after Pope Francis approved a second miracle brought about through his intercession. The beatification ceremony will take place during a 10am Mass at St Mary’s Cathedral in Peoria, where Sheen was ordained to the priesthood 100 years ago, in September 1919. Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu, prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, will preside at the rite. It will be only the fourth such ceremony to take place in the US.
